John Yarmuth

You cannot gut the EPA by more than 30 percent without knowing it will make our air less safe and our water less clean.

This third budget proposal offers more of the same. It is a recipe for American decline.

None of it adds up or makes sense, which explains some of the more creative aspects of the President's budget.

I described the President's first budget as a betrayal, harsh words for a harsh budget that abandoned working Americans and families.

we have to be greater stewards of the taxpayer dollars.

There were dozens and dozens of hearings on both the House and Senate. There were markups.

They said no. They didn't want to participate in the process.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, for years now, certainly over the last few months, we have been hearing concerns from our Republican colleagues about the exploding national debt. Yet, here they are today asking us to vote…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, just 8 months ago, the Republicans jammed through their massive, unpaid-for tax cut. Not a single Democrat voted for that bill, and for good reason. Nonpartisan experts told us that the tax…

why would a state that is trying to perform important services for its citizens be penalized to serve a state--to the deference of a state that does not really care about serving its citizens, or taxing its citizens.

It paved the way for a partisan tax law that overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy and big corporations at the expense of hard-working American families.

And I think we have introduced a discussion which is probably the most important discussion we can have in this country.

Unfortunately, last year's Republican budget fell squarely in the bad for the American people category.

But what we need from this Committee, what the American people need from us is an honest debate about the fiscal challenges facing our Nation.

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, just months ago, we were debating the so-called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. During that debate, I warned that it was the first of the Republicans' three-step plan to give to the wealthy and make…

What tools will be at our disposal when the next recession hits?

The Balanced Budget Amendment we are debating on the floor today would force those cuts.

The only thing Republicans in Washington like better than complaining about deficits and debt is increasing deficits and debt.

Thank you very much, again, Dr. Hall. And you spent a lot of time, you and your team here before this committee over the last few months.

No credible source has ever agreed, and your report confirms the obvious: the tax bill does not pay for itself.

They have succeeded in making the deficit worse.

This year's economic and budget outlook offers a contrasting story.

We have a deficit problem. We have a debt problem. It must be because of out-of-control spending.

I predicted that the fiscal and budgetary plan of the majority was in two parts.

First, they cut taxes primarily for the wealthy.