John Yarmuth: “We must address the root causes behind persistent barriers to postsecondary degrees-namely chronic State disinvestment…”

But temporary measures can't solve permanent problems.

I want to thank Dr. Swagel for being here.

But President Biden and Democrats acted boldly to deliver a relief package that met the scale of the crisis.

I think that the American Rescue Plan did a lot to push against the spike in hardship that we would have seen that would have disproportionately fallen on communities of color that have for centuries faced systemic racism.