John Tierney

The challenger has the obligation and burden to overcome the results that are there and that are certified. In this instance, it is an even additional burden on that because there they are certified. The recount has been done. Again, I do…

I have been watching this scenario unfold for some period of time. Let me not go away permanently from the issue of civil rights, which I think is important. I come from the Irish minority, which is not much of a minority around here, but…

We counted every vote, and there was a reality in my district. The voters knew the first time. They certainly knew after the recount.

I think that is a good point here. What we ought to be focusing on is why are we not having some explanation from the Members that are Members of this House that are driving this situation as to why this continues on. Why is there not some…

It was a 360 vote margin. At the end of the election we had a recount and I won by 371 votes, which in that case was significant enough that a recount could not change that. Yet Loretta Sanchez' was so much larger than that.

No, certainly not. I suspect that this is what the American public has to hear. This is not about a recount to see if they are going to turn the seat over. I think everybody with both feet on the ground or both oars in the water knows that…

I obviously associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], and I close by saying that we have to take a chance, Mr. Chairman. I do not want to take a chance that 45 to 55 thousand women, infants, and children…

let me just say that as a member of the committee, I think that it is important to note that everybody on the Democratic side of this committee is perfectly willing to step forward and investigate any alleged abuses of our campaign finance…

I am pleased to stand here before you today to voice my support for this legislation, the Employment, Training & Literacy Enhancement Act of 1997. The Committee on Education and the Workforce, on which I serve, has made considerable…

I am here to tell you as a member that we have no indication that that is so. It is very unique that we should have had a meeting called for last week to discuss these very issues about process, to discuss the very issues about funding, to…