John Tierney: “I think everybody is interested in eliminating waste, fraud and abuse and duplication.”

There is always a reason. And when you talk about prioritizing, we had amendment after amendment on the Republican side to cut special ed, to provide money for another program.

Understand, I hear horror stories--you know, my constituents calling me--that would stand your hair on end about the way they are being treated by folks like that who end up putting them in a worse situation than they would otherwise be if…

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…

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.