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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.

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

"The 2019 Republican budget scraps any sense of responsibility to the American people and any obligation to being honest."

This Wednesday, the House Budget Committee will finally begin marking up the Republicans’ 2019 budget, which will represent the final step of the GOP’s three-step process to give to the rich and make everyone else pay for it. With the GOP tax scam already worsening our deficits, this resolution will detail exactly which vital priorities Republicans want to cut to pay for it. Here’s what we expect to be on the chopping block.

Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the release of the 2018 reports from the trustees for Medicare and Social Security.

Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of President Trump’s 2019 budget.

Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, gave the following opening statement at today’s Members’ Day hearing on the FY19 budget.

"I rise today to offer a real-life account of the raw deal Republicans gave the American people with their GOP tax scam."