John Yarmuth: “A huge increase in what we are spending on defense. Absolutely a huge amount of increase.”

If every life were truly sacred in this country, we wouldn't be having a hearing about programs to keep mothers and their children healthy, fed, and cared for, we would be fully funding them.

As President Ronald Reagan said, the greatest social program is a job.

The Rescue Plan laid the foundation for America's unprecedented recovery and economic resilience, and we are in a far better place because of it.

Several years ago, I ran into a former Member of the House and asked him whether he missed it. He answered: ``I don't miss the circus. I miss the clowns.'' Now that I am in my final days as a Member and have reflected on my 16 years here…