“Your failure to respond to our oversight request is deeply troubling, and suggests that your Department is attempting to conceal information from the American people.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, was joined today by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Pat Roberts (R-KS), Ranking Members
Jeff Sessions
It’s Not Really A Farm Bill
“Spending on food stamps has always increased steadily, but over the last decade it has exploded… Under President Obama, this trend has accelerated. Between January 2009 and June 2012, America lost a net 1.3 million jobs and added 15.1 million people to the food stamp rolls. The 2009 stimulus bill raised maximum food stamp benefits…
U.S. Debt Per Household Up $80,000 Over Past Decade
Under President Obama’s budget policies, debt per household will reach $191,000 in 2022. His plan received zero votes in either the House and the Senate. The last time a budget proposal was adopted in the Senate was 1,225 days ago. For three consecutive years, the Senate’s Democratic majority has not brought a budget plan to
Inspector General: Tax Payments To Illegal Aliens Quadrupled In 5 Years
Ranking Member Sessions has raised concerns in recent weeks about the nature of welfare and other financial assistance provided to non-citizens, including those in the country illegally. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, for example, has entered into a partnership with Mexico to boost food stamp enrollment among Mexican nationals, migrant workers, and non-citizen
Over 100 Million People In U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare
The federal government administers nearly 80 different overlapping federal means-tested welfare programs. Social Security and Medicare are not part of this category and not included in the figures in this chart. This data from the U.S. Census’s Survey of Income and Program Participation shows that nearly 110,000 million individuals received a welfare benefit in
Sessions: President’s Updated Budget Shows Need For Ad To Be Pulled
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today about President Obama’s mid-year budget update, which is required by law to be submitted to Congress every year no later than July 16: “President Obama is currently running a campaign ad saying he has a plan to ‘pay
VIDEO: ICE Union Chief: Agents Face Threat Of Pink Slips If They Enforce The Law
“The Administration’s new policies do not provide officers with new options or increased flexibility, but instead order officers not to enforce laws and not to take enforcement actions against specific groups with officers under threat of losing their jobs if they do so.” U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) serves on four Senate committees: Armed
In Letter, Sessions Challenges President To Act on Gas Prices, Rejects ‘Defeatist’ View
“I reject the defeatist view that says the nation that won two world wars, pioneered space travel, and overcame the Soviet Empire is now helpless in the face of high prices at the pump… Simply by removing the bureaucratic barriers imposed by your own administration we can begin to make progress…Powerful action to harness America’s
Obama’s Tax Hikes Go To New Spending, Not Deficit Reduction
President Obama and the Senate’s Democrat majority have consistently called for higher taxes, rather than spending control, in order to achieve deficit reduction. Indeed, President Obama’s budget contains nearly $2 trillion in higher taxes. As demonstrated by a poll released today, Americans would “rather cut spending than boost taxes to balance the federal budget”—by a huge