Judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals plan to vacation in Hawaii on the taxpayers’ dime, but they might see their budget cut by Congress as a result.
“Ultimately, the Congress has the power to appropriate money, and we need to evaluate the judicial branch budget request in light of some of these expenditures,” Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the Ranking Member on the Senate Budget Committee, told Fox and Friends.
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Sessions and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have asked the court to consider cancelling the Hawaii conference, which will cost $1 million “and provide a chance for judges to partake in yoga, snorkeling and dance lessons,” according to The Hill.
The conference shows the need for Congress to consider cutting the judicial branch’s budget, Sessions argued. “The sooner we get the message down to the lowest level of government that this country’s got to change the way we handle the taxpayer’s money, the better off we’ll be,” he said.
