Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-03) hailed the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s announcement that Kentucky will receive more than $3.7 billion in state and local government funding from the American Rescue Plan—legislation ushered through Congress by Yarmuth—including more than $388 million in funding to Louisville and Jefferson County.
Administration Releases More Than $18.7M in American Rescue Plan Funding for Kentucky Seniors
LOUISVILLE – Today, Congressman John Yarmuth announced the Biden-Harris Administration’s release of more than $18.7 million in funding to Kentucky for critical Older Americans Act (OAA) programs as part of the American Rescue Plan he helped usher through Congress.
LOUISVILLE – Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) announced two Assumption High School students as winners of his 2021 Congressional Art Competition. Assumption senior Alyssa Neubacher has won the National Competition and junior Kaitly Roths has won the online Community Choice Competition. Yarmuth made the announcement during a surprise visit to the school on Tuesday.
LOUISVILLE – Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) released the statement below following President Joe Biden’s Joint Address to Congress:
“Tonight, President Biden laid out an ambitious and thoughtful vision for our nation—one that tackles the challenges we face by investing in our greatest strength, the American people.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Andy Barr (R-KY), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Bourbon Caucus, led a bipartisan letter calling on Katherine Tai, President Biden’s newly-confirmed U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), to work with the EU and UK to immediately suspend tariffs on American Whiskey.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) reintroduced H.R. 2073, the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, legislation to halt all new mountaintop removal coal mining permits until federal officials can examine the practice’s health effects on surrounding communities.
WASHINGTON – With 92 percent of Kentucky adults set to receive Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,400 per person through the American Rescue Plan and money beginning to be directly deposited into bank accounts this week, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-03) is highlighting a new “Get My Payment” tool from IRS.g
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the life-saving legislation authored by House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) released the statement below following House passage of H.R. 5, the Equality Act, legislation to ensure that all LGBTQ Americans are granted the full protections guaranteed by federal civil rights law.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) released the statement below after being selected to serve on the House Committee on Education and Labor for the 117th Congress.