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November 29, 2018
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.
Issues:Budget Process
November 16, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement on the completion of the Pentagon’s first department-wide audit.
October 18, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s request for Cabinet secretaries to cut their budgets by 5 percent.
October 9, 2018
House Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey sent a joint letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, urging him to work with Democrats on a bipartisan agreement to raise discretionary spending limits and to adequately fund discretionary programs in the President's 2020 budget.
September 27, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth today spoke out against the GOP’s tax cut 2.0 package on the House floor.
Issues:Republican Agenda
September 11, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement after House Republicans released the legislative text for the second phase of their tax scam:
Issues:Republican Agenda
July 24, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement after House Republicans released the framework for the second phase of the GOP tax plan.
Issues:Republican Agenda
July 23, 2018
Politico Pro’s Sarah Ferris shines a light on the GOP’s claims about their tax scam, seven months after passage.
Issues:Republican Agenda
June 21, 2018
Ranking Member John Yarmuth issued the following statement after the Republican majority voted to pass the House Republican 2019 budget and rejected every amendment offered by Democrats.
Issues:FY19 Republican Budget
June 20, 2018
Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s markup of the House GOP’s FY19 budget resolution
Issues:FY19 Republican Budget