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Chairman John Yarmuth issued the following statement on the release of President Trump’s budget for Fiscal Year 2020.

House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY), House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Chairman Mike Quigley (D-IL), and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) today sent a letter to Russell Vought, the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), requesting the release of information and documents detailing how the Trump administration plans to raid previously appropriated funds for his national emergency declaration and border wall.

President Trump will release the main volume of his third budget this upcoming Monday, March 11. We expect the President to suddenly sound alarms about the growing deficits his tax giveaways to the very wealthy and large corporations helped create, while once again asking hardworking Americans to pick up the tab through cuts to vital services and programs.

Chairman Yarmuth gave the following opening statement at today’s Members’ Day hearing on the Fiscal Year 2020 budget.

Chairman John Yarmuth gave the following opening statement at today’s hearing, entitled “2017 Tax Law: Impact on the Budget and American Families,” on congressional Republicans’ deficit-funded tax cuts for the wealthy and large corporations.

“The President’s budget will apparently rely on a giant OCO gimmick to prop up defense spending. If true, this is nothing more than a blatant attempt to make a mockery of the federal budget process, obscure the true cost of military operations, and severely shortchange other investments vital to our national and economic security."

Chairman John Yarmuth issued the following statement on President Trump’s national emergency declaration.