Jeff Sessions actually said...

"CBO Director Elmendorf recently testified before this Committee to share an alarming diagnosis. He declared our current debt trajectory to be unsustainable and 'raises the risk of a fiscal crisis.'"

"I think we have to talk about that, and you note that the big programs are the ones that are drawing a larger percentage of the taxpayers' revenue each year, are leading us and accelerating our debt c..."

"If we could identify regulations that were unnecessary and eliminate those, would that allow more growth to occur?"

"So I hope our distinguished Chair will join me in opposing any plan from the President that would spend more than we agreed to spend under Ryan-Murray."