John Tierney: “Consolidation threatens the performance of the system if it is accompanied by significant budget cutting.”

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. This is a 5-minute…

At this time, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado, Jared Polis.

The risk that you have is that the board may disagree with you, and then that is the risk that Mr. King takes.

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.