John Yarmuth

Well, you know, we know what happens when people say social programs. Many Americans think welfare.

This is an irresponsibly extreme budget that reflects a disdain for working families as well as a disheartening lack of vision for a stronger society.

Last year when we received the President's budget for 2018, I described it as a betrayal with a long list of broken promises, which it was.

I just referenced, because I know over the past 6 months the 10-year Treasury note has gone up by 70 basis points.

I think that an opportunity exists to do that again, and if we could reform something like that--and again, Mr. Delaney and I have presented this for three consecutive Congresses--I think this President could actually be the person who…

That is such a dangerously low level of funding, it would leave the government unable to carry out its basic functions.

If you believe America is better off by gutting these investments, you fundamentally misunderstand the true source of our Nation's strength. I yield back.

The budget calls for massive cuts to healthcare, antipoverty programs, and investments in economic growth all to blunt the deficit-exploding impact of the President's tax cuts.

A huge increase in what we are spending on defense. Absolutely a huge amount of increase.

So with that in mind, this week on Face the Nation, you were asked about the spending levels of the President's budget, and you said that the Democrats--you said this actually again today, 'would not give us a single additional dollar for…

I hope we never get to the point in this debate or in this country where we are trying to pit tanks against teachers.

Now, any discussion of the budget is going to involve a judgment as to what the appropriate role of government is, and many of us in this room have different philosophies about what is the appropriate role of the Federal government, what…

I also think of the GI Bill passed after World War II that was largely accredited with building the middle class.

What is not appropriate, as the Chairman mentioned, is to launch ad hominem attacks to undermine the credibility of CBO.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Once again, thanks to all the witnesses for spending your morning with us.

I think it would be valuable to hear from these agencies and others as we consider priorities for the 2019 budget.

Well on occasion, as with this tax bill, Congress passes major legislation that greatly impacts the economy.

one of the proposals that we are going to be dealing with in the next day or so is apparently to raise the defense budget by $80 billion a year.

I hope that we will be just as diligent in our other responsibilities and find time to hear from other agencies as well.

CBO has a regimented, well-documented, and consistent process to produce work that is accurate, fair, and nonpartisan.

Attacks on the CBO are not just attacks on Director Hall and his staff; they are attacks on our integrity as a deliberative body.

There is no way around the fact that repealing the Affordable Care Act will result in millions of American families losing health coverage, and there is no way to defend that to the American people.

I thank my fellow Kentucky native for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, my Republican colleagues will vote to approve a historically unpopular bill. The American people don't buy Republican claims that the bill will help middle class families…

This morning I saw a dramatic bit of evidence as to why the American people overwhelmingly reject the Republican donor relief bill known as the tax reform bill. Chairman Brady of the Ways and Means Committee, the author of this bill, was…

I appreciate my friend yielding time. Mr. Speaker, this is a horror show today, this is a horror show debate, and this is a horror show process, but it is a disaster for the American people. The tax bill we are debating today will abandon…