John Yarmuth

the current policies are detrimental to the nation's economic growth and to the American middle class

We are going to wake up 20 years from now and we are not going to be the 19th best educated out of 28 advanced countries.

The increase in profits to GM has not been shared to much of an extent with the workers.

I also want to commend Congresswoman Lee who has been a champion on addressing these issues of income inequality and poverty.

The Trump Administration and the corporate tax cut has added $3 trillion to the national debt.

As a Congress, we have a responsibility to support policies that give all hardworking Americans the opportunity to succeed no matter where they started out.

It seems to me that the way to deal with income inequality is through tax policy.

Rising economic activity lifts all boats, and what did he do to get there? He cut taxes.

We have workers who made some sacrifices to save their company when GM was on the verge of going bankrupt.

I do not have a lot of time left.

I am honored to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), the chair of the Appropriations Committee.

I thank the gentleman for those comments. Mr. Speaker, I also compliment and thank the Budget Committee staff, both majority and minority, for the work done on this very important piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, our country is facing an…

the cost of doing nothing greatly exceeds the cost of doing something.

That is a stunning number. And when you consider what we know in the United States what people pay for housing as a percentage of their budget, to add a huge percentage of that to food makes basic living unsustainable.

this hearing will enable Congress to better prepare for the wide-ranging impacts of a changing climate.

And if we were to take the steps that we have discussed in the hearing, deporting large--millions of immigrants right now and restricting our immigration numbers, that is going to make it very--a lot more difficult for those who are left…

The irony in Texas is so great. We face worker shortages right now, particularly in construction, in agriculture, in the service industries.

I have always wanted to fix DACA. I think if we had a DACA bill on the floor, we would have 350 votes for it.

If we don't make sure that brown and black America is as productive as it can possibly be and succeed as well as they could, that white America will not be able to retire.

Republicans have stood in the way to prevent any comprehensive immigration reform.

As a Congress, we really have to deal with this subject. We can't put it off.

This is a President who likes railing about immigration far more than doing anything about it.

We are all the worse off for these policies.

the real problem in doing comprehensive immigration reform is that in today's world, Republicans want to focus on border security.

It is our responsibility as a Member of Congress to really, truly do something to fund DHS and HHS.