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Chariman John Yarmuth gave the following opening statement at today’s hearing on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO’s) updated budget and economic outlook.

CBO Estimates Trump Shutdown cost the economy $11 billion; reduced GDP by 0.1 percent in 4th quarter of 2018, 0.2 percent in 1st quarter of 2019

Chairman John Yarmuth issued the following statement on the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO’s) updated budget and economic outlook.

Chairman John Yarmuth today announced the appointment of Democratic members to the House Budget Committee.

Chairman John Yarmuth today sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office requesting a report on design and policy considerations lawmakers would face in developing single-payer health system proposals.

Congressman John Yarmuth today issued the following statement after he was elected as Chairman of the House Budget Committee for the 116th Congress by the Democratic caucus.

Chairman Steve Womack and Ranking Member John Yarmuth released the following statements after the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today announced its legal opinion confirming Congress’s power of the purse and its central role in decisions to cancel appropriated funding, also referred to as rescissions.

House Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack and Ranking Member John Yarmuth today introduced H.R. 7191, the Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Process Reform Act of 2018. The bill serves as an important vehicle to consider the final package of bipartisan recommendations voted on by the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform.