John Yarmuth: “We know the investments in housing, health care, and education help American families build better futures while…”

Given the current rate of inflation, the idea we ought to pile more money into the system is an almost suicidal act of hubris.

Experts across the ideological spectrum agree that the main drivers of current inflation are international supply chain issues and energy price hikes caused by Russia's war in Ukraine.

So, we need to invest in our kids because when we invest in our kids, when kids have more economic stability, when they go to good quality schools, when they have adequate nutrition, when those things happen, kids thrive and they can…

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.