John Yarmuth

I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

I want to remind the gentleman from Mississippi, along with all the other Members of this body, that his citizens will receive, in total, $900 million from just the $1,400 checks. That is the average that every congressional district is…

May I inquire as to how much time remains on both sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Missouri has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

I would like to remind the gentleman from Virginia that in 2017 when Republicans passed an almost identical amount of tax cuts, 83 percent of which went to the top 1 percent and major corporations, Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor…

I think that as we move forward on discussing raising the minimum wage, that we take that into account, that this is one of the ways that we can help correct some of this wage gap that exists between men and women.

I think it would be a very significant step forward.

1 year ago this Saturday, a young couple in my hometown of Louisville were in bed when their door was broken down. The terrified couple leaped for cover, and the man, a licensed gun owner, fired a single shot toward the men busting into…

I remind the gentleman that the push to give $2,000 to every citizen under a certain income level was former President Donald Trump's idea. He campaigned on that. I guess the Republicans have had a change of heart now that it is a…

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion. The text of the motion is as follows: Mr. Yarmuth moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1319. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

They`re going to show up at every ribbon-cutting, every project that`s funded out of this bill, and they`re going to pump up their chest and take credit.

May I inquire how much time remains on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 14\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Missouri has 6 minutes remaining.

May I inquire how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 3\3/4\ minutes remaining.

We have just listened to a repetitive recitation of all the arguments we have heard about the American Rescue Plan for the last 6 weeks or so, and they consist essentially of scare tactics, misinformation, and then calling everything…

Aggressive, bold action is needed before our nation is more deeply and permanently scarred by the human and economic costs of inaction.

I know it is fascinating, and I have heard this argument now year after year after year talking about how much every individual in this country has owed because of the debt--the national debt. We have been accumulating debt in this country…

I include in the Record the names of the Budget Committee staff who worked so tirelessly and competently on this piece of legislation. Budget Committee Majority Staff List Erika Appel Ellen Balis Samantha Carter Edward Etzkorn Jose Guillen…

We will have a floor debate as well. In regular order, the gentleman will go through the Rules Committee. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer). {time} 1515

For the record, nothing in this proposal should come as a surprise. The resolution's budgetary target matches the estimated cost of the American Rescue Plan, every detail of which was put forward during President Biden's campaign. Further…

Once again, I welcome the gentleman from Florida to the House of Representatives. I really think that we ought to stop talking about States bailing other States out. The next time that a major hurricane hits Florida, we are not going to…

I just wanted to respond to the notion that this is a radical plan. The radical, very radical chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Trump, Kevin Hassett, said: But I think we need to be risk-averse and pass another…

I am privileged to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee. {time} 1530

I welcome the gentleman from California to both Congress and the Budget Committee and I look forward to working with him. I will advise him that in just a few weeks he will have the opportunity, as a member of the Budget Committee, to go…

To respond to my friend from Texas, to say that, in about 3 weeks or a little less, the Budget Committee will have a piece of legislation which actually goes into the details of the American Rescue Plan and includes those. There will be a…

The gentlewoman from Georgia said that this plan is going to destroy the economy. I think it is interesting that the American Rescue Plan has received praise from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, the National Retail…