John Yarmuth

I thank the gentlelady for her contribution and for her work on the Budget Committee. I know somewhere toward the end there the gentlelady mentioned jobs, and this is something that is kind of at the core of what we're trying to work…

I thank the gentleman for his contribution and also want to segue from what he said because he talked about Medicare and the ability to save money in Medicare. One of the ironic things about this debate has been that last year when we were…

Thank you very much, Mr. Tonko. There are so many aspects of this that deserve to be discussed. One of the things that's kind of sad is that the Republicans, in talking about their plan to privatize Medicare, say, oh, this is just like the…

I thank the gentleman. Just to elaborate a little bit on the issue of what creates jobs and what kills jobs, under H.R. 1, which was the Republican continuing resolution that was passed earlier this year--we are still fighting that battle…

I appreciate the comments from the gentleman from New York and thank him for his work on the Budget Committee as well, and standing up for all Americans as we try to recover from the greatest economic crisis we've had since the Great…

I want to thank my colleagues from the Budget Committee for joining me, and thanks to the American people for paying attention to this very important process we are in now. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Thank you. I would like to yield again to Mr. Tonko, who has another illustration he wants to give us.

You're absolutely right. If we're going to be revenue neutral and we're going to cut the taxes of some people, then other people are going to have to pay more. And, unfortunately, in this particular proposal, it's going to be the people…

Again, a perfect illustration of the choices that we face as a country as we move forward over the next decades. We know we have fiscal problems. We know we have very difficult choices. The Republicans have chosen to put the cost of…

It is a great honor for me to come to the floor of the House of Representatives this afternoon to join some of my colleagues on the Democratic side of the Budget Committee to talk about choices. You know, government is all about choosing…

The cloud hanging over this Chamber is the threat of a government shutdown. We are engaged in what is literally a life-or-death debate about our priorities as a country, and the Republican majority's reckless spending plan doesn't just…

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One of the things that becomes pretty clear...most of the ideas coming from the Republican side result in some kind of increased shifting of risk to senior citizens.

Republicans have already decided where they want to put the burden of the cuts that we all know we have to make in the budget. They want to put them on the least fortunate of our country. Let me read something from The Washington Post this…

The richest 1 percent of Americans now control one-third of our Nation's income, 120 percent more than they did 30 years ago. CEOs now earn hundreds of times what the average worker does. Wall Street profits are up 720 percent since 2007…

Mr. Chairman, this amendment would essentially destroy efforts to put an end to the damage that is wrought by mountaintop removal. Now, many of my colleagues who are not familiar with mountaintop removal, what happens is you take mountains…

We are involved in probably the most important thing that this body does on a year-to-year basis--figuring out how to spend taxpayers' money. The budget process is more than taking dollars from one place and spending them in another. It's…

I think the administration has done a terrific job of trying to strike a balance of trying to get our house in order.

for the past two years I have opposed the Administration's proposal to repeal the Last In, First Out (LIFO) accounting method for tax purposes.

It is simply short-sighted to think we can try to balance our budget through cuts in domestic discretionary spending alone.

At a time of huge deficits, we cannot afford to ask our children to pay for tax breaks for the folks at the very top.

The President's approach stands in stark contrast to the House Republicans' plan being debated on the House floor today.

Deep cuts now will not create a single job; in fact, Mark Zandi and other economists have warned against deep spending cuts that would put thousands of American jobs at risk.

The President's budget moves in the right direction by putting an end to taxpayer dollars going to subsidies for big oil companies.

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