John Yarmuth

I want to express my outrage at the subject under investigation not just for myself, but on behalf of the 13,000 current and retired Federal employees in my district.

I thank my friend from Maryland. Mr. Chairman, a recent analysis of American tax returns showed that in 2010, the top 1 percent of earners in the United States earned $288 billion more than they had in 2009--$288 billion more, the top 1…

A recent analysis of American tax revenues revealed that in 2010, as our country was recovering from the Great Recession, 93 percent of new income went to the top 1 percent of earners. That's $288 billion more exclusively for the 1…

Rush Limbaugh's appalling attack on Georgetown student Sandra Fluke is no isolated incident, but part of a broader GOP assault on women's health. Republicans have ushered in Women's History Month with legislation to allow employers and…

It's been more than 2 years since the Supreme Court rendered its Citizens United decision, and American politics is becoming more corrupt by the dollar. Election season is flooded with special-interest money, confirming the deep skepticism…

There's no question that our economy is recovering. The private sector has added jobs for 23 straight months, putting 3.7 million Americans workers back on the job. Last week, in my district, GE opened its first new manufacturing facility…

I want to first of all congratulate you on what I think is the clearest articulation of our short-term economic needs and our long-term challenges that I have yet heard.

if you are not going to raise revenues by allowing the effective tax rates to rise modestly for the top 2 percent of Americans, who are you going to ask to pay more taxes, or whose benefits are you going to cut?

10 years is hard to predict, 20 years is impossible, 40 years is ridiculous.

You know, we've heard for many years now from the other side the notion that government is the source of all of our problems, government never does anything right, it ought to stop regulating and get out of the way of a very free and open…

I was very pleased last night to hear President Obama talk about the defining issue of our time, the great economic disparity that we face in this society and the need to have a fair taxation system. Of course, what is fair is in the eye…

I thank my good friend. Madam Speaker, I understand the Republican majority will vote today against the President's request to raise the debt limit. To borrow a phrase from the former Speaker of the House, can we please drop the pious…

Muhammad Ali's contributions to the world continue to transcend his achievements in the boxing ring. Although he won three heavyweight championships, Muhammad has never believed in resolving differences through conflict. He is a man of…

The Republican plan to extend the payroll tax is deeply flawed in many ways, but perhaps the most egregious are the fundamental changes it would make to some of our Nation's core institutions without any discussion or debate. It would cut…

With an average margin of victory of more than 40 points, an undefeated season, and a win in the State championship that Sports Illustrated called the team's ``finest offensive performance of the year,'' there can be no more debate…

About 1 year ago, Republicans were insisting that before we do anything to help unemployed Americans, we had to guarantee that tax rates for the richest of the rich were made at the lowest level in 50 years. Before doing anything to help…

The average American household has lost $8,000 of income over the last few years. If we want to put a number on the economic crisis facing our country right now, that should be it. If you ask the average person how to get $8,000 back into…

This week at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center, the Speaker of the House gave a speech on the need to find common ground, but without compromise. We've been testing the wisdom of this approach all this year. Here's what we've…

I thank the gentleman. It was an incredible competition. As Trey Gowdy said just this morning, if you were there during this event and during the event preceding, the night before, you could not have told who was a Republican and who was a…

On October 3, eight Democrats and eight Republicans met in an epic competition here at Columbia Country Club in Washington to contest, for the 10th time, the battle for the Roll Call Ryder Cup. This is a competition which is intense but…

We talk a lot about our different concerns for the future of our Nation, but there is one gravely serious threat that exists in every single congressional district and could cripple future generations and the long-term strength of our…

The American Jobs Act has been presented to the American people, but in this House it doesn't sound like it's going to get much of a hearing. Republican leadership has called it dead and has called it a partisan piece of legislation. Well…

The policy established by Speaker Pelosi and continued by Speaker Boehner is that every foreign delegation must be bipartisan.

This is a misguided policy that has no basis in House rules or policies.

I thank my friend from New York. It's a great pleasure to talk about the subject that's on every American's mind, and that is, how do we rebuild America, how do we put Americans back to work, and how do we recreate the kind of America that…