John Tierney: “I think we have seriously hollowed out a lot of our agencies in terms of keeping at least the personnel on board to…”

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

In view of Libya's challenges in building and stabilizing democratic institutions it seems advisable that we review whether or not the success of that country in transitioning has impacted its ability to meet national security requirements.

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 want to just amplify comments made by Mr. Courtney with respect to what the Ryan budget would do to some of the higher education funds on that.