One hearing, no matter how cordial you run it, doesn't give us a chance to look at your bill and our bill and see where there might be room for compromise.
John Tierney: “One hearing, no matter how cordial you run it, doesn't give us a chance to look at your bill and our bill and see where…”
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Tierney emphasizes the need for more discussion and compromise on the bills.
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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.
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 would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Ruben Hinojosa, who has been deeply involved in the passage of this bill.
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…





