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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, 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.

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.

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.