John Yarmuth

Before I close my side of the argument, I would like to take this opportunity, once again, to thank my colleague Mr. Waxman for his incredible service to this body and to the country over the last several decades. One of the first things I…

It is now my great honor to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), one of the truly great champions of the environment who has ever served in this body.

It is a rare instance of bipartisanship where we can actually discuss in harmony a policy that, I think, has great potential for the country.

We know we can do that.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question and to urge support of the Democracy for All Amendment that we intend to offer if the question is defeated. The last thing Congress needs is more…

I think our officials in Kentucky are relatively satisfied that they do have the flexibility to create a plan that will accomplish both significant reductions of carbon emissions without--and not hurt our economy

we are very concerned to make sure that any proposal that dealt with carbon emissions did so in a way that didn't affect our consumers and our businesses and our economy

I think what your experiences have shown and what at least our states' estimates were is that we can do this without not just not hurting the economy, we can actually stimulate the economy

My home State of Kentucky has been a national model for how the Affordable Care Act can succeed. Through Kynect, our State exchange, more than 413,000 Kentuckians have gotten health insurance, nearly 310,000 of them for the first time…

So that is pretty astounding that in 4 years the projection extended the life--the viability of Medicare by 13 years.

we have counties in Appalachia, southeastern Kentucky, that went from having the highest uninsured rate in the State, over 20 percent, to the lowest uninsured rate, under 5 percent.

I am not aware of any decent-sized business that is not very much focused on reducing their energy costs.

Rates on solar panels have come down approximately 75 percent just in a matter of 5 years or so.

Today, some of my colleagues from across the aisle unveiled their proposal to address poverty in America. It is ironic because, tomorrow, they will vote to push 6 million children deeper into poverty by excluding their low-income families…

Republicans talk a lot about the need for the Federal Government to provide businesses with certainty so they can plan for the future. I agree with them. So why do they continue to block a long-range plan to fix our crumbling roads and…

So my question is to you, assuming--it is not easy to move a manufacturing company. Ford has almost a couple billion dollars invested in my district, in their two plants. They just can't pick up and leave even if the energy went up.

I am glad the chairman mentioned Waxman-Markey earlier in his opening remarks, because I was one of a group of 10 or 12 or so Representatives from States that were heavily dependent on carbon, on coal-based energy, who went to our…

Last fall, EPA Administrator McCarthy met with our Governor, Steve Beshear, to discuss the proposed rule.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act established a rebate program that helps spur development and adoption of energy-efficient appliances.

And not one of those users of electricity objected to that law, proposed law, and said they were either for it or neutral on it, saying, 'We could live with it.'

Yesterday's deadly shooting at Reynolds High School in Oregon was the 74th school shooting in America since the gunman murdered 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. That is nearly one school…

I thank my colleague and fellow captain for yielding. I want to congratulate the Republican team on their victory. It was well earned. It was a thumping. As Rahm Emanuel once said of the 2006 election: we got thumped. Elections have…

Kentucky has been a national model for the Affordable Care Act. In the first 6 months of Kentucky Kynect, the State exchange created by the law, we enrolled nearly 415,000 Kentuckians in new health coverage. That is one in 10 Kentuckians…

It has now been more than 4 months since Congress let emergency unemployment insurance expire. In that time, more than 2.8 million job seekers, including 200,000 veterans, have lost the ability to provide for their families. Another 72,000…

the Affordable Care Act, far from being the train wreck which many have suggested it would become, is actually getting a great deal of traction as it speeds down the tracks.