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Chairman Yarmuth released the following statement after CBO released its first of two reports that examines potential reasons why the prices paid by commercial health insurers for hospitals’ and physicians’ services are higher, rise more quickly, and vary more by area than the prices paid by the Medicare fee-for-service program.

Today the House Budget Committee released a report highlighting statements from leading economists, advocates, and experts on the need for the Build Back Better Act.

Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a requested analysis of a fictional bill based on Republican modifications to sections of the Build Back Better Act.

Today, Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, spoke on the House Floor in support of the Protecting Our Democracy Act.

Today, Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5314, Protecting Our Democracy Act.

Today, House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth (KY-03) testified before the House Rules Committee in support of S. 610, the “Protecting Medicare & American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act.”

Today, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 210,000 in November and unemployment dipped to a pandemic-low of 4.2 percent, Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement.