John Tierney: “This is a systemic problem, and this has been ongoing.”

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

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…

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

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.