John Tierney

I rise on this particular occasion to thank my family, my friends, my colleagues, and the voters of the Sixth Congressional District of Massachusetts for giving me the unbelievably wonderful opportunity to represent that district here in…

I am, in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Tierney moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 4984, to the Committee on Education and the Workforce with…

This is the final amendment to the bill. It won't kill the bill, and it will not send it back to committee. If this amendment is adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, there are 5 legislative…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5- minute votes on passage of the bill, if…

This is the final amendment to the bill. It will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If this amendment is adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, student loan debt is at a crisis…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. This is a 5-minute…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I did file an amendment to this bill that would be considered today. Quite simply, what it does is provide existing student loan borrowers the opportunity to responsibly refinance their…

In its current form, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Tierney moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 3136, to the Committee on Education and the Workforce with…

At this time, I would like to yield 1 minute to our colleague from Oregon, Suzanne Bonamici.

At this point in time, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis) to engage in a colloquy.

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland, Steny Hoyer, our Democratic whip.

As I understand section 225, the definitions that you mentioned are as you stated.

At this point, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Connecticut, Joe Courtney, who has been a strong member of the committee and an advocate of workforce investment for some time.

At this time, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Ruben Hinojosa, who has been deeply involved in the passage of this bill.

At this time, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), who is the ranking member of the committee and, as the chairman of the committee has said, is no stranger to this issue. He has been a…

At this time, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado, Jared Polis.

I just know that we have been making a comparison here today that if we could change the committee's function off of trying to usurp a decision by the board that hasn't been made yet, we could talk about raising the minimum wage, which in…

The risk that you have is that the board may disagree with you, and then that is the risk that Mr. King takes.

I just haven't heard any evidence that indicates to me that there is any reason to believe that this board won't be fair-minded.

I believe the things that really matter - ensuring all Americans can get a decent job that pays a fair wage, access affordable, quality healthcare, and retire with dignity and a little change in their pocket - are squarely in this…

I am confident we will find ways to disagree without being disagreeable.

Ensuring that all Americans get a decent job that pays a fair wage, access to affordable, quality health care, retire with dignity.

I think that the Noel Canning case may seriously impact that, in which case we are all going to be concerned about that.

I don't think I've seen a display of this kind of disrespect in all the time I've been here in Congress, and it's unfortunate that anybody would have to be subjected to it.