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“If the day arrives when Republicans come to the table and engage Democrats with responsible tax reform ideas, we will be ready to sit down and work with them. Unfortunately, today was not that day.”

"It is beneath the Congress to attack the CBO, which is only doing its job, and it should be embarrassing to my Republican colleagues that they are launching these attacks simply because they do not have the courage to defend the damaging effects of their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. "

“Republican Senators just proved that they care more about political victories than the health of American families."

"Republicans on the House Budget Committee just approved a budget that the American people do not want and do not deserve from their government. Their budget adopts the worst extremes of the Trump proposal by cutting taxes for millionaires and billionaires at the expense of everyone else."

Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, delivered opening remarks at today’s markup of the House GOP’s 2018 budget.

“We plan to wage a vigorous opposition [today] in the markup,” said Yarmuth, ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee.

“Americans deserve a budget that prioritizes their families, their communities, and their security. Unfortunately, the House Republican budget fails them at every turn."

With barely more than two months before the start of the fiscal year, House Republicans announced today that there will FINALLY be a mark-up of their 2018 budget in the House Committee on the Budget scheduled for Wednesday. Here's what to watch for.