Improving America's Fiscal Outlook

Chairman Yarmuth Statement on CBO Baseline

May 25, 2022

July 2, 2021

Chairman Yarmuth on CBO’S Updated Economic Outlook: “Today’s CBO report confirms again that the American Rescue Plan is working”

July 1, 2021

Chairman Yarmuth Statement on President Biden’s FY22 Discretionary Funding Request

April 9, 2021

Chairman Yarmuth Statement on March Jobs Report

April 2, 2021

NEW REPORT: COVID Recovery Remains Priority, But Gov’t Cannot Neglect Long-Term Challenges Facing Workers, Economy From AI

November 12, 2020

Today, the House Budget Committee released a report on artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impacts on the workforce, American lives and livelihoods, and our economy.

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Chairman Yarmuth on Oct. Jobs Report: Administration & Their Enablers in Congress Deliberately & Irresponsibly Ignoring Connection Between These Crises

November 6, 2020

Today, Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the October jobs report.

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The GOP's debt boogieman is hurting families and derailing our recovery

November 2, 2020

Originally published in The Hill

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NEW REPORT, Yarmuth Statement on Q3 GDP: Economy Remains in Massive Hole Due to Administration’s Economic & COVID-19 Failures

October 29, 2020

Today, Representative John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released a statement in response to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)’s third quarter GDP report and in conjunction with a new report from the House Budget Committee outlining President Trump’s economic failures leading up to and during the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting recession.

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Chairman Yarmuth on September Jobs Report: We’re seeing “a significant and troubling slowdown in our recovery”

October 2, 2020

Today, Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added 661,000 jobs – less than half the gains seen in August and a clear signal of a significant slowdown in the recovery.

Issues:CoronavirusFiscal Outlook