John Tierney

There is no excuse--no excuse--for not providing testimony prior to coming before Congress.

Thank you, Mr. Florence, for making yourself available to testify here today, and accept at least my regrets for what you have gone through physically and emotionally as a result of trying to do your job the proper way.

We will not tolerate any sort of retaliation or retribution against Mr. Florence or any other whistleblower.

This is a consistent drumbeat and pattern from Homeland Security, to jerk around the United States Congress.

some of this just needs plain English and direct talk on that.

From this day forward, we are going to interpret this law very, very strictly.

this is a systemic problem, and this has been ongoing.

You are strictly policy. Is that the deal?

I always tell the kids there that if Jefferson came back that is the school he would want to go to.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 195, noes 223, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 566] AYES--195…

This is the final amendment to the bill. It will not kill the bill. It will not send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, over 70 million Americans and their…

I am opposed to it in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Tierney moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2374 to the Committee on Education and the Workforce and…

The Honorable John F. Tierney, a Member of Congress from the State of Massachusetts, Opening Statement.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Fitzpatrick. The Acting CHAIR. It…

I oppose this amendment because it endangers education funding for sort of a political exercise here. This amendment would actually require State legislatures to approve every single grant program from the Department of Education before…

Look, I just want to give a little historical perspective to this again. The whole reason that the Federal Government is involved in K-12 education is because States weren't doing the job when it came to addressing disadvantaged students…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I don't want to beat a dead horse here, but simply the notion is that States that were already at fault for not doing the job, now get to not do the job again as long as their State…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the essence of this provision is included in the Democratic substitute amendment that Mr. Miller is offering with the intent of protecting children's safety in all the schools…

Union rights paved the way to the middle class for millions of Americans over the last century.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Costa The Acting CHAIR. It…

We are basically trying to settle an inequity here where the loans that are available to the fishermen of course are at 3 percent or 4 percent, not the 2.25 percent. That would make a substantial difference to them if they were there. And…

I just reiterate what I said earlier, Mr. Chairman. These people are in dire straits. There has been nothing that we've been able to do. Even though they've been declared eligible for disaster relief, this Congress has yet to afford them…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 375, line 5, insert ``(a) In General.--'' before ``Section''. Page 375, after line 6, insert the…

Right now, fishermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts--which is in my district--and across the country are facing dire circumstances. There have been devastating cuts to the allowable catch of a number of crucial stocks; for instance, a 78…

Well, but we are the federal government giving money--we have got a responsibility to be accountable so we don't want...