I think all of us up here just sit here with our mouths gaping open when we look at the amount of money for such basic things on that and we look at the staggering number of people that they are going to put in an embassy that I have not seen in any of the embassies anywhere else in comparably sized countries.
Tierney expresses concern over embassy funding and staffing compared to other countries.
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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.
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.
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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…
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