host: chairman yarmuth? rep. yarmuth: i'm not sure i understand the question. the first part of the question i would say we are doing it this way because there is a 60 vote rule in the senate the required 60 votes to get anything past and we have yet to get any republican participation or cooperation in responding to the many needs that we have is a country right now. this is one process that we have available to us once every year to pass something with a simple majority to avoid the filibuster. that is the explanation as to why we are doing it this way. i would love to see the senate abandon the filibuster. what it has ended up being in modern times has been basically a veto for the minority. and that is true when democrats were in the majority -- minority as well as when the republicans were in the minority. we should not have a system of government that depends on getting a super majority. particularly in this highly polarized environment area i hope the senate will consider doing that. . i think if there's a way to eliminate filibusters and provide ample o

yarmuth. mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the record on house concurrent resolution 11. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, it's been roughly one year since the first covid-19 case was diagnosed in the united states. since then, more than 26 million americans have been infected, and more than 440,000 have lost their lives. millions of americans remain out of work as families are pushed to the drink of ex-- devastation. our economy faces lows unseen since the great depression. food insecurity is climbing. wide spread school closures threaten to derail our children's education. and our most vulnerable communities are being forced to bear the brunt of these twin crises as underlying health and economic inequities grow worse.

yarmuth: -- mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, it gives me great pleasure to yield one minute to the gentleman from california, another distinguished member of the budget committee, mr. peters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. peterson: thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. petri: thank you, mr. chairman -- pete sampson thank you, mr. chairman. -- mr. peters: thank you, mr. speaker. businesses report suffering in the face of covid-19-related closures. this bill will safely reopen schools, get vaccines in arms and help people get back to work and the economy back on track. and the bill allows states and localities to provide financial relief to our nation's ports like the port of san diego which expects a lot this year of over $98 million. still, i remain concerned about the targeting and accountability around some of the funding so i'm urging the senate to make some commonsense improvements. extend the duration of unemployment payments, ideally with automatic triggers. adju

chairman yarmuth: thank you, madam speaker. the process began 25 days ago when we introduced reconciliation resolution. we have made remarkable progress in those 25 days, and i want to echo the speaker in limiting all the committee chairs. when you think about committees that have been involved in this process, everybody from the agriculture committee to energy and commerce to education, to science, to veterans affairs,, across-the-board, you realize three things. one is the breadth of the impact of the pandemic in personal and economic terms, and the many ways in which the pandemic has affected this country in virtually every corner of society, and third the magnitude of the response that is required. that is what you see reflected in this legislation, an incredible piece of work that deals with the pandemic in all of its manifestations, and in a way that will truly be effective in not only stopping the virus, stopping the pandemic, helping our citizens get through the economic challenges that they have had and also, helping o

host: chairman yarmuth.uest: you said 700 something billion dollars going overseas, it is probably millions of dollars. $720 billion was the rough amount that we created in the stimulus package back in 2008 and it is almost half of what we are proposing now and only $2 billion are going overseas in this package. it is to help combat the covid virus overseas so we can protect ourselves from different variants. host: when you expect the to take place on friday? guest: we are going to use martial law, so i suspect it will be sometime late afternoon on friday, that is the goal. when we passed a bill in december, that provided some relief, providing an extension of unemployment insurance, that was done to expire on march 14. we have 11 million unemployed people in this country who depend on this unemployment insurance. there are a couple of other -- that expire in march. we are trying to get this done by march 14th so that those millions of people who are out of work do not lose their unemployment insurance. host

yarmuth: -- mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, it gives me great pleasure to yield one minute to the gentleman from california, another distinguished member of the budget committee, mr. peters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. peterson: thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. petri: thank you, mr. chairman -- pete sampson thank you, mr. chairman. -- mr. peters: thank you, mr. speaker. businesses report suffering in the face of covid-19-related closures. this bill will safely reopen schools, get vaccines in arms and help people get back to work and the economy back on track. and the bill allows states and localities to provide financial relief to our nation's ports like the port of san diego which expects a lot this year of over $98 million. still, i remain concerned about the targeting and accountability around some of the funding so i'm urging the senate to make some commonsense improvements. extend the duration of unemployment payments, ideally with automatic triggers. adju

>> yarmuth from kentucky votes no. >> mr. yarmuth, no. are there any other members wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, the nos are 19. and the ayes are 14. >> the ayes being 14 and the nos being 19, the motion is not agreed to. we will now move to the opening statements. without objection i would ask to submit extraneous materials for the record. without objection, so ordered. before i'll begin my opening remarks, i would like to correct a statement i made on the house floor. mr. obernalty, i said members would have the opportunity to offer amendments today instead of motions to instruct. that was my error and i apologize for that. i now yield myself five minutes. members of the committee, the bill before us today has the power to save lives and save our nation's economic future. i kicked off the reconciliation process with the introduction of the 2021 budget resolution 21 days ago on february 1st. from the start we have been up front at the sole purpose of the budget resolution

his charm and yarmuth mentioned the question is will the other side acknowledge that? will they acknowledge that this bill provides benefits because and i'm not the only colleague on this this stage who has had conversations with local leaders, who enthusiastically support this bill as chairman jeffrey said because it protects the public good, public transportation, public education, local money for our local communities. that's why this bill is good in addition to the money for vaccine distribution that meets the needs of our communities. it's important and our colleagues recognize that and that's why share the confidence and the sunny view as the chairman mentioned that we will pass this bill and we will pass it again because it is good for the american people. >> if i could build on the vice-chairman's point i had my thanks to speaker pelosi and senator clyburn. three of the four county executives in my district which is a very conservative district all republicans all three support this legislation. i think it's important not to miss the bipartisan support for this

yarmuth: i thank the gentleman for yielding, mr. speaker. i ask for unanimous consent that the names of the budget committee staff who worked so tirelessly and competently on this piece of legislation be placed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, for the record, nothing in this proposal should come as a surprise. the resolution's budgetary target matches the estimated cost of the american rescue plan. every detail of which was put forward during president biden's campaign. further, many of these provisions already passed the house but languished on senator mcconnell's desk. nothing we're doing here today precludes a bipartisan deal. but let's be clear, the american people overwhelmingly support president biden's plan, and i can assure you they couldn't care less about house procedures. they want us to act and get them the relief they need now. january was the deadliest month yet for covid. every 28 seconds an american died from the coronavirus. at that rate, more than 385 americans will have d

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. >>> joining us now, kentucky congressman john yarmuth. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> there's a new poll showing how americans are split on the impeachment proceedings. it's from the a.p. 47% say, yes, trump should be convicted. 40% say no. do these numbers surprise you? did you think americans would be more unified on this front? >> no, i really didn't. i don't expect americans to be unified on much of anything these days. i'm glad that the senate is moving to the trial. we impeached the president for what i believe and many believe is the most heinous act ever committed by a sitting u.s. president. i think the american people should see the case and hear the case against him. we pend to see everything through a partisan lens. i'm sure there are many americans, particularly those in that 40%, who have not really connected the dots. i think that's what this trial will do. it will show the pattern of behavior from the president leading up to january 6th. and, of course, on january 6th that led to one of the most disturbing events in american hist

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it self-executes a manager's amendment by chairman yarmuth. it also provides three hours of debate with two hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget. and one hour equally divided and controlled by representatives beyer of virginia and schweikert of arizona or their respective designees. the rule updates the process by which members can appeal fines for refusing to wear a mask or for taking photographs or recording audio or video on the house floor to align with the ethics committee rule. it extends standard district work period and same day through march 12, 2021. mr. speaker, the national apprenticeship act is critical workforce development legislation that will invest $3.5 billion to create nearly one million new apprenticeship opportunities over the next five years. this is an historic investment in workforce training, and i am so pleased to support this effort. skilled workers are the backbone of our economy, and apprenticeships expand and grow access to this workforce. no

john yarmuth says he is going to put out his opening salvo today. bernie sanders of vermont, new chairman of the senate budget committee, says he will follow in a couple of days. those two sides, not only in the senate where there is a big disagreement among the senators, bernie sanders on the one hand, and joe mansion, arguably the most fiscally conservative senate democrats, they would have to agree, and they would have to agree with the house. if that happens, then they would have to move forward to write the legislation that we carry out president biden's plan. the timetable is short. essentially six weeks until employment benefits run out. everything would have to happen just right and without too much internal bickering on the democratic side for this to happen. host: ej dion in today's washington post with the headline pick one, filibuster or democracy. if you are somebody who is of the opinion that filibuster is getting in the way, why not just do everything by budget reconciliation? guest: as of now, the rules are that what can be in a budg

as it relates to bipartisanship, we have said bore, i said it earlier, chairman yarmuth said it repeatedly, we are happy and want to have a conversation about a bipartisan agreement. but whether whave a bipartisan agreement or not, we are going president biden met with 10 members of the united states senate just earlier this week to talk about compromise. he has signaled repeatedly his willingness to do it, but we are going to do it wi owithout a bipartisan agreement because leadership is what this moment requires. i dare say i imagine there are not many families in america who really, at the end of the day, care more about how we put this deal together than they care about getting a stimulus check to pay their rent, they care about their children being safe when they go back to school, that they care about unemployment benefits, if they happen to be one of the nearly 11 million americans who is out of work through no fault of their own, but because of a deadly virus, whh doesn't care if you're a demrat or a republican. so we are going to ovide leadership and, frankly, i think it's probabl

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yarmuth: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment of the bill, h.r. 1319, the clerk be authorized to make technical corrections and conforming changes to the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair announces the speaker's appointment of the following members on the part of the house of the united states group of the nato parliamentary assembly. the clerk: mr. connolly of virginia. ms. sanchez of california. mr. larsen of washington. mr. meeks of new york. mr. brendan f. boyle of pennsylvania. mr. vela of texas. ms. titus of nevada. mr. turner of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to section 2 of the migratory bird conservation act, 16 u.s.c. 715-a and the order of the house of january 4, 2021, of the following members on the part of the house to the migratory bird conservation commission. the clerk: mr. thompson of california. mr. wittman of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces

the rule self-executes a manager's amendment by chairman yarmuth and provides one motion to recommit. madam speaker, since the emergence of the coronavirus our nation has been in a perpetual state of mourning. the number of americans killed by this pandemic is nearly ewall to one death a minute every minute for a year. every corner of society has been impacted. more than 18 million americans are receiving unemployment benefits. nearly 24 million americans are going hungry with roughly 12 million children living in households with food insecurity. up to 40 million americans cannot afford to pay rent. eight of 10 minority-owned businesses are on the brink of closure. i could go on and on and on, madam speaker. this is a time to act and to act boldly. that's why we began work on the american rescue plan nearly one month ago. nine committees have now marked up portions of the bill, spending more than 100 hours debating more than 400 amendments. we have acted swiftly, madam speaker. but we have also acted deliberately. guided by the reality that the american people need us to act urgently.

the yarmuth manager's amendment will strict it out of the bill and i find this appalling. the bill we are considering was crafted in secret in the speaker's office. this was not about serving the people of rural america and that's what we do on the agriculture committee, we serve every american when it comes to affordable and safe food. this is about serving the leadership and hand it down through the committees. not one thing has changed. and that's not how the legislative process is meant to work and the committee should work its will and amendments should be adopted in the bill. mr. chairman, you have been generous. my amendment will provide $2 billion to cover those disaster losses in 2020. and quite frankly, once again, the amendment is fully funded with an squoff set that allows a $2 billion plus-up of transportation grants that president biden is requesting over on top of that. thank you, mrs. fischbach. mrs. fischbach: i know that that someone is scheduled to testify a little bit later. and i got one more -- ranking member lucas, he is still on, from my experience,

let me go chairman yarmuth to you. you know, obviously, we're talking about this is literally the second largest bill ever passed by congress. only the c.a.r.e.s. act would be more substantial and there is considerable debate actually on the democratic side about the potential impact of this bill overall on the economy. i read with great interest former secretary and treasury larry summers article warning the policy inflationary impact given the size of the bill and its untargeted nature. by the way, mr. chairman, i would ask that op-ed be included for the record, if i may. >> without objection. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and i also noticed another thinker on the economy and person i have a great respect for and did your considering th possible impact that something this large and started might have. >> first of all the role of the budget committee and this process doesn't really get to those questions. we are to assemble the committee. the committee itself has not considered that. but i will respond saying

john yarmuth says he is going to put out his opening salvo today.e sanders of vermont, new chairman of the fed budget committee, says he will follow in the coming days. those two sides, not only in the senate where there is a big ideological disagreement between -- bernie sanders and joe mansion, arguably the most fiscally conservative senate democrats would have to agree and they would have to agree with the house. only if that happens with a then move forward to write the legislation that we carry out president biden's plan. the timetable is short. essentially six weeks. until employment benefits run out. everything would have to happen just right and without too much internal bickering on the democrats side. host: ej dion in today's washington post, "pick one, filibuster or democracy." if you are somebody who is of the opinion that filibuster is getting in the way, why not just do everything by budget reconciliation? guest: as of now, the rules are that what can be in a budget reconciliation bill has to have some affect on the federal balance she

host: we have another perspective from the house budget committee chair john yarmuth.lks about the biden relief plan efforts to pass it and how it would extend stagnant and unequal economic recovery and low interest rates would also include for spending in this process. you will get his thoughts and then your perspective on it. [video clip] >> past crises have made it clear that doing too little cost us far more. week support will lead to ak shaped recovery -- a k-shaped recovery causing danger to our -- our budget outlooks. without the american rescue plan, cbo estimates it will take three years before employment turns to plant -- pre-plandemic levels. -- pre-pandemic levels. but with support we can come back to full employment within 12 months. we have the plan and ability to do this, and we can afford to do it. interest rates and inflation are at historic lows. lower than even before the pandemic, and the return on smart investments in the economy has never been higher. economists are telling us and begging us to use the physical space we have. they are warning if w

we talked with a chair of the house -- with the chair of the house budget committee, john yarmuth, abouthe specifics of this $1.9 trillion package. you can find it on our website, the interview and the hearing. and then of course there will be gavel-to-gavel uninterrupted, unfiltered coverage of the debates in the house on friday when they are expected to vote on this legislation. in the senate, they are expected to take it up next week. that caller mentioned the california governor. he makes front page of "the new york times" with the headline "try to recall him." the new york times ties this to his response to the pandemic. you can be more if you go to nytimes.com. front page of the washington times has a story about a hearing that we covered yesterday on capitol hill, the headline "republicans rebuke democrats' call, even left-leaning people -- to pay a price for parroting donald trump's fourths -- false messaging. you want to watch that hearing, you can find it on our website, c-span.org. steve in detroit, michigan, we are talking about raising the minimum wage. you support that idea

as it relates to bipartisanship, we have said bore, i said it earlier, chairman yarmuth said it repeatedly, we are happy and want to have a conversation about a bipartisan agreement. but whether whave a bipartisan agreement or not, we are going president biden met with 10 members of the united states senate just earlier this week to talk about compromise. he has signaled repeatedly his willingness to do it, but we are going to do it wi owithout a bipartisan agreement because leadership is what this moment requires. i dare say i imagine there are not many families in america who really, at the end of the day, care more about how we put this deal together than they care about getting a stimulus check to pay their rent, they care about their children being safe when they go back to school, that they care about unemployment benefits, if they happen to be one of the nearly 11 million americans who is out of work through no fault of their own, but because of a deadly virus, whh doesn't care if you're a demrat or a republican. so we are going to ovide leadership and, frankly, i think it's probabl