John Yarmuth

we have insured in the period of 6 months roughly half of the previously uninsured population of the State.

It is somewhat reassuring to know that this is not just a Kentucky problem.

Budgets are a reflection of our values, they are a statement of our priorities, and they are about the choices we make to set the course for our future. With this budget, Republicans are choosing the well-off and well- connected over…

Budgets don't heal the sick or solve centuries-long medical challenges, but the programs budgets prioritize can. In my district in Louisville, Kentucky, medical researchers at the University of Louisville and the Frazier Rehab Institute…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is correct, but not in a totally accurate way. We have had a hearing about budget processes in which this was discussed. We have not had a hearing dedicated solely to this…

May inquire how much time we have? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 19\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 18\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I certainly appreciate Chairman Ryan's comments and agree with many of them. I think one of the points that is important to consider here though is, while he mentions one case…

There is only one way to finish a season on a 20-game winning streak, and Louisville's Butler High School Bearettes girls' basketball team just did it, taking the Kentucky State championship and cementing the school's legacy as a…

I mean, I think the public be would want to know that.

Doesn't the company have some disclosure responsibility to say these things, at least these things could happen?

During the past 40 years, we have made tremendous progress in America technologically, medically, socially, and--for many of our citizens--economically, but not if you are a family trying to get by on the minimum wage. In real value…

Thank you, Mr. Holt, for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this bottle is filled with water from a well near a mountaintop removal mining site in eastern Kentucky. In case you can't see it, the water is orange. This is what comes out of the taps in…

It is my recollection that what the President said was that after the Affordable Care Act was implemented, that insurance premiums, people would save $2,400 a year.

The recent developments in our diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons have been among the most promising in history. In the interim, Iran has agreed to stop enriching uranium above the necessary level for energy…

I think there is reason to be, as you said, optimistic that going forward, we will have adequate numbers of young people in the risk pools and we shouldn't be too concerned yet about that.

50 years ago today President Johnson launched the war on poverty, giving rise to some of the most successful antipoverty programs in our history, including Medicare, Medicaid, food assistance, and Head Start. Five decades later…

I thank the gentleman from Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, this is a very, very meaningful day. Like so many other things in our lives, there are certain times, certain events that you always recall where you were when they occurred. And I…

Last weekend in Louisville, the world- famous Twin Spires of Churchill Downs glowed orange in support of something the hallowed track knows well, a champion. The DeSales High School Colts of Louisville's South End entered the State…

The prior speaker's prayers are about to be answered. Mr. Speaker, my State of Kentucky is a national model for how the Affordable Care Act can make our constituents' lives more secure and their businesses stronger. I would like to share…

I applaud all of you for your concern about protecting the health and safety of the horses and the riders, and also the integrity of the sport.

I am just trying to establish this. Because a lot of times in many cases in the commercial world, we have empowered independent agencies to set rules and regulations, and they are totally unaccountable.

I am a little bit concerned about the accountability that USADA might have if empowered under this legislation.

As of last Friday, Kentucky, obviously operating its own Exchange, 48,000 Kentuckians are enrolled in new health insurance.

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act in Congress have spent the past few weeks reveling in the problems of the Federal exchange Web site, healthcare.gov. In my State of Kentucky, where we have created our own exchange, we have had…

The idea that somehow this is going to be bad for businesses is not borne out in Kentucky.