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January 8, 2019
Chairman John Yarmuth today sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office requesting a report on design and policy considerations lawmakers would face in developing single-payer health system proposals.

December 20, 2018
Congressman John Yarmuth today issued the following statement after he was elected as Chairman of the House Budget Committee for the 116th Congress by the Democratic caucus.

November 16, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement on the completion of the Pentagon’s first department-wide audit.

October 18, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s request for Cabinet secretaries to cut their budgets by 5 percent.

October 9, 2018
House Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey sent a joint letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, urging him to work with Democrats on a bipartisan agreement to raise discretionary spending limits and to adequately fund discretionary programs in the President's 2020 budget.

September 27, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth today spoke out against the GOP’s tax cut 2.0 package on the House floor.

September 11, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement after House Republicans released the legislative text for the second phase of their tax scam:

July 24, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement after House Republicans released the framework for the second phase of the GOP tax plan.