Oversight
Congress Approves First 10-Year Balanced Budget Since 2001
WASHINGTON, DC - Congress this week approved its first 10-year balanced budget since 2001. The joint agreement between the U.S. House and Senate balances the budget within 10 years without raising taxes, strengthens our national defense, protects our most vulnerable citizens, improves economic growth and opportunity for hardworking families and stops the federal government's out of control spending. "Today, we are putting our country on not just another course, but a better course," said Senat… Continue Reading
04.29.15
Chairmen Enzi and Price Announce Balanced Budget Agreement
WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) today announced that the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference has reached an agreement on a joint Congressional balanced budget resolution. The Chairmen noted that the budget conference agreement balances within 10 years, does not raise taxes, strengthens our nation's defense, protects our most vulnerable citizens, improves economic growth and opportunity for hardworking f… Continue Reading
04.20.15
Enzi: Balanced Budget Will Help Restore Trust of Hardworking Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said today, during the joint Senate-House FY 2016 Budget Conference, that passing a balanced budget will help restore the trust of hardworking taxpayers. "Passing a balanced budget is about restoring the trust of the American people, because the federal government's chronic overspending and exploding debt threatens each and every American," said Chairman Enzi. "The biggest reason for this broken trust is Was… Continue Reading
04.16.15
Senate-House Budget Conference to Meet on Monday, April 20
WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today announced that conferees for the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference will meet on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 3:00pm in Room 106 - Dirksen Senate Office Building. WHO: Senate-House Budget Conferees WHAT: Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference WHEN: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 3:00pm WHERE: Room 106 - Dirksen Senate Office Building The f… Continue Reading
04.15.15
Enzi Statement On Joint Budget Resolution and Appointment of Budget Conferees
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the conferees for the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference: "Last month, the Senate Budget Committee took an important first step in helping to change the way we do business here in Washington - by reporting out a balanced budget," said Chairman Enzi. "This week, we take the next step and start work on a joint balanced budget… Continue Reading
04.09.15
Budget Chairmen Enzi and Price Meet on FY2016 Budget
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) met to discuss the Fiscal Year 2016 budget. After the meeting, Chairman Enzi and Chairman Price issued the following joint statement: "Republicans are committed to creating a balanced budget that will boost our nation's economic growth and help restore the promise of a government that is more effective and accountable. We look forward to the… Continue Reading
03.27.15
CBO: Balanced Budget Approved by Senate Boosts Economic Growth by $500 Billion
WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Senate today approved a balanced budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, which will boost the nation's economic growth by more than $500 billion over the next ten years, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). If the Senate adds recommended tax and regulatory reforms to these spending reductions, the economic benefits will be even bigger. The measure approved by the Senate also balances the budget in ten years with no tax hikes, protec… Continue Reading
03.23.15
Senate Begins Debate on Balanced Budget to Boost National Defense and Economic Growth
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement today as the United States Senate began debate on the balanced budget resolution: "Last week, the Senate Budget Committee took an important first step in helping to change the way we do business here in Washington - by reporting out a balanced budget," said Chairman Enzi. "This week, we take the next step as the Senate begins debating how best to make the government live wi… Continue Reading
03.23.15
Washington must live within its means
by Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Last week, Congress began the monumental task of confronting our nation's chronic overspending and exploding debt, which threaten each and every American. Make no mistake, our fiscal outlook is grim and has been ignored for far too long. But we have a profound moral responsibility to help taxpayers see the true picture of our country's finances. Republicans are proposing a responsible plan that balances the budget in 10 years with no new tax hikes, protects our most vulnerable citizens, strengt… Continue Reading
03.21.15
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi Delivers Weekly Republican Address on Need for Balanced Budget
'Republicans have put forward a responsible plan that balances the budget in ten years with no new tax hikes, that protects our most vulnerable citizens, it strengthens our national defense, and it improves economic growth and opportunity for hardworking families.' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the Weekly Republican Address, Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, previews the Fiscal Year 2016 budget blueprint that the Senate will vote on next week. While the Obama Admini… Continue Reading
03.19.15
Senate Budget Committee Approves Balanced Budget to Boost National Defense and Economic Growth
WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), today approved a plan that would balance the nation's budget in 10 years with no tax hikes, protect our most vulnerable citizens, strengthen the national defense, and boost economic growth and opportunity for hardworking families. The full Senate will consider the committee's balanced budget proposal next week. The Congressional Budget Act mandates a specific timetable for the Congressional budget p… Continue Reading
03.18.15
Enzi Introduces Balanced Budget That Supports Economic Growth and Expands Opportunity for Hardworking Families
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today released the following statement after he introduced the Senate Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2016, which balances the budget in ten years with no tax hikes, protects the nation's most vulnerable citizens, strengthens America's national defense, and improves economic growth and opportunity for hardworking families: "Today we begin the monumental task of confronting our nation's chronic overspendin… Continue Reading
03.16.15
Chairman Enzi to Commence Senate Budget Markup on Wed. March 18
***Media Advisory*** Chairman Enzi to Commence Senate Budget Markup on Wed. March 18 WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, will commence a markup of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY 2016 on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 2:30pm in room SD-608. WHAT: Full Committee Markup on the Concurrent Budget Resolution for FY 2016 WHEN: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 2:30 pm EST WHERE: United States Senate Budget Co… Continue Reading
03.11.15
Chairman Enzi Says Balanced Budget Will Help Make Govt. More Effective, Efficient and Accountable
WASHINGTON, DC - During a hearing today on the benefits of a balanced budget, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said a balanced budget will help restore the trust of the American people because it will require Congress to actually set priorities and stick to them while evaluating and prioritizing every program. He said this is something hardworking taxpayers and businesses in America do every day. "Over the past six years, we have learned that wasteful Was… Continue Reading
03.04.15
Budget Chairman Enzi Applauds Ayotte Bill to Eliminate Waste in Govt. Spending
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today applauded legislation introduced by Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) that would help eliminate waste in federal government spending. Senator Ayotte's bill (S. 236) would save billions of taxpayer dollars by making it easier for Congress to eliminate duplicative and wasteful programs across federal government agencies. "Senator Ayotte's bill will help ensure that hardworking taxpayers are getting the best d… Continue Reading
03.03.15
Chairman Enzi: Tackle America’s Chronic Overspending by Eliminating Duplication in Government Programs
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said during a hearing today that one way Congress could tackle America's chronic overspending problem is by rooting out needless duplicative spending and programs in the federal government. "Americans know that the government overspends too much, taxes too much, borrows too much, regulates too much, and now owes way too much," said Chairman Enzi. "But what the government does too little of is make any cre… Continue Reading
02.27.15
Keith Hall to Succeed Doug Elmendorf as Director of Congressional Budget Office
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, joined today with House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) to announce the appointment of Dr. Keith Hall to serve as Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Hall's term would end on January 3, 2019. "Dr. Hall has more than 20 years of distinguished government service, including as Chief Economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor … Continue Reading
02.25.15
Chairman Enzi: America’s Booming Debt Threatens Our National and Economic Security
Click here to watch Chairman Enzi's opening statement. WASHINGTON, DC - During a hearing on the nation's debt today, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, noted that America's current debt is the biggest our country has ever owed and endangers our government and hurts the nation's economic potential. "If we don't stand up to our debt and stop overspending, we'll ruin what so many generations before us have worked to build as well as the hopes of generations to come,"… Continue Reading
02.11.15
Chairman Enzi: Modernize Disability Insurance to avoid program insolvency
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, spoke this morning about the looming insolvency of the Social Security Disability Trust Fund. In his opening statement before the Senate Budget Committee, Enzi highlighted the need to modernize the Disability Insurance program in order to fiscally secure its long-term future for the nation. Below is U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., opening statement as prepared for delivery: The federal government's primary program to a… Continue Reading
02.05.15
Budget chairmen, Portman, call for accounting of spending changes made each Congress
Every year, Congress and the president enact dozens of laws increasing or decreasing spending on various entitlement spending programs. However, there has never been a single document listing the final cost of each new law. To get an honest accounting of these costs, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, GA-06, and Senator Rob Portman, R-Ohio, called on the Congressional Budget Office to begin publishing a scorecard at the beginning of eve… Continue Reading
