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January 21, 2022
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.
December 23, 2021
December 22, 2021
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.
Issues:Build Back Better
December 9, 2021
Today, Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, spoke on the House Floor in support of the Protecting Our Democracy Act.
December 9, 2021
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.
December 7, 2021
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.”
December 3, 2021
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.
December 2, 2021
Today the House Budget Committee released a new report outlining the urgent need for bipartisan action to protect Medicare, farm supports, social services, and other vital programs from devastating statutory PAYGO sequestration cuts.
November 24, 2021
Today, Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after President Biden announced his intent to nominate Shalanda Young as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Nani Coloretti as Deputy Director.