Honorable Jeff Sessions
United States Senator, Alabama, Republican
Senator Sessions was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. He was an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1975 to 1977, a U.S. Attorney from 1981 to 1993, and Alabama Attorney General from 1994 to 1996. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Budget Committee and also serves on the Armed Services, Energy and Natural Resources, and Judiciary Committees. The following is from Senator Sessions’ s opening statement at March 3, 2011, hearings on the President’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request for the Department of Transportation. As you know, we are faced with a growing fiscal crisis. We are…
