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June 9, 2022
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report in response to House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth’s request for the agency to analyze the impacts of work requirements and work supports on participants in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Medicaid.

June 8, 2022
Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, and Connecticut Representative Rosa DeLauro, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, issued statements following House adoption of H. Res. 1151 – Providing for budget allocations, and for other purposes.

June 3, 2022
Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released a statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 390,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate remained low at 3.6 percent.

May 26, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.Today,Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, gave the following opening statement at the committee's virtual hearing on the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Budget and Economic Outlook. CBO Director Phillip Swagel testified at the hearing. Remarks as prepared and video are below:


May 25, 2022
Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued a statement following the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Budget and Economic Outlook and prior to the Budget Committee’s hearing on the report.

May 17, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.Today,Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, gave the following opening statement at the committee's Members' Day hearing, during which Members of the 117th Congress testify before the committee on their budget priorities for the year. Remarks as prepared and video are below:


May 17, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Budget Committee released a new report outlining major investments in rural communities made by the Biden Administration and Congressional Democrats.


May 6, 2022
Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 428,000 in April and the unemployment rate remained low at 3.6 percent.

April 27, 2022
Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, gave an opening statement at a hearing with Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2023 Budget.

April 25, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today the House Budget Committee released a new report outlining how President Biden's 2023 Budget makes historic investments to care for veterans and their families.