John Yarmuth

I would like to note for my colleague that by voting for this budget, he is jeopardizing meals and food assistance for 200,000 hungry children in Arkansas all so that the wealthiest person in his State, who has a net worth of $38.5…

I would note for my colleague that by voting for this budget, he will force 1,895,558 seniors, disabled individuals, and other seriously ill people in Michigan to pay more for lifesaving Medicare all so that the wealthiest person in his…

I would note for my colleague that, by voting for this budget, he will force 1,519,461 seniors, disabled individuals, and other seriously ill people in Georgia to pay more for lifesaving Medicare all so that the wealthiest person in his…

I would like to note for my friend and colleague that by voting for this budget, he is jeopardizing meals and food assistance for 216,000 hungry children in Minnesota so that the wealthiest person in his State, who has a net worth of $5.4…

I yield the gentleman from New Jersey an additional 30 seconds. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is reminded to direct all remarks to the Chair.

I want to note for my colleague that by voting for this budget, he is jeopardizing meals and food assistance for 734,000 hungry children in Pennsylvania all so that the wealthiest person in his State, who has a net worth of $3.8 billion…

May I inquire how much time both sides have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 33\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Tennessee has 37\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I would like to note for my colleague that, by voting for this budget, he is jeopardizing meals and food assistance for 809,000 hungry children in Georgia so that the wealthiest person in his State, who has a net worth of $12.6 billion…

I appreciate the comments of my colleague from South Carolina, and I certainly have a great deal of respect for his thoughtfulness. But I also must note that if he votes for this budget, he is jeopardizing meals and food assistance for…

11 years ago, I set off on a long-shot campaign run by a talented and passionate but also overworked and inexperienced staff, many of whom were learning on the job. Yet everything went pretty smoothly--smoothly enough, obviously. A big…

I thank my friend, my neighbor from just down I-64, for organizing this Special Order honoring the life of Senator Bunning this evening. This is the first time in my 11 years serving in Congress that I have spoken from this side of the…

The evidence is there that Congress is not particularly capable right now of taking on very many difficult tasks.

there are now 6 million jobs available in the United States.

we were running a $1.4 trillion annual deficit. We had lost the month he took office 800,000 jobs, that was the trend at that point.

would that not dictate that we invest more heavily in job training and education.

I would like to just make a couple of comments regarding Chairman Black's opening, because I know it is nice to forget about the condition that the economy was in when President Obama took office.

Rescinding regulations without a very thorough understanding...would be irresponsible.

Massive tax cuts are not the answer, even though we are likely to hear that claim a lot today.

Would not comprehensive immigration reform also have a positive impact on our programs like Social Security and Medicare?

Obviously, economic growth is a critically important issue.

Americans deserve more than faith-based economics.

I think all three of you have talked about immigration reform and supported the need for immigration reform.

I thank you for highlighting that for the American people.

I consider Mick Mulvaney a man of the highest character, principle, and intelligence, and one with whom I agree on almost nothing.

This budget cuts Medicaid by another $600 billion, that is a total cut of $1.4 trillion to a program that is the only source of healthcare for tens of thousands of individuals in every single congressional district in the country.