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Chairman Yarmuth gave the following opening statement at today’s markup of the Investing for the People Act of 2019 (H.R. 2021).

Two-Year Budget Sets New Spending Caps, Avoids Debilitating Cuts & Moves Our Country Forward

Chairman John Yarmuth gave the following opening statement at today’s hearing on President Trump’s 2020 budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) with David Norquist, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer and Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary for the DoD.

Chairman John Yarmuth gave the following opening statement at today’s hearing on President Trump’s 2020 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with Eric Hargan, Deputy Secretary of HHS.

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.