John Tierney

But there weren't. The reports that we are getting is that there was so much corruption that sometimes they were getting altered pharmaceuticals or fake pharmaceuticals, and that they weren't getting the kind of treatment that you had…

Due to contracting fraud, the morphine given to patients was counterfeit and did little to relieve patient suffering.

I took your point, Ms. Virk, on the notion that most of these statutes that are being proposed seem to be more about taking away the strength of the National Labor Relations Act than increasing it.

Our job is oversight, the Chairman is absolutely right.

This Committee should be proud of itself.

Those hearings fortunately lead to a substantial improvement of the physical plant at Walter Reed.

I thank the gentleman. It was interesting, we just had a hearing in one of the committees here in Congress, and we had four witnesses who were speculating about the fear and the myths and all the things that they hypothesize could be…

I mean, obviously, that should be conditioned on that.

if a country doesn't want our people to be moving around, we have to take a look at how we limit our presence there and just work with that.

I think all of us up here just sit here with our mouths gaping open when we look at the amount of money for such basic things on that and we look at the staggering number of people that they are going to put in an embassy that I have not…

How they could have left them out is sort of surprising on that.

It basically was an ill-conceived venture in the beginning and flawed implementation for much of the time that we were there.

I would hope Congress would find the answers to those questions before it gave him the money, frankly.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. At the end of this month, the student Federal loan interest rate is set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. It's an urgent deadline for more than 7 million American students and more than 177,000…

I am opposed 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. 5855 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, this final amendment improves the underlying bill and hopefully will garner bipartisan support. Let's take these additional threats to combat cyberthreats, but step up our efforts to protect our urban areas…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for the electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote was taken by electronic device, and…

Tonight I rise to offer the final amendment. I want to be clear that this is a final amendment to the bill. It will not kill the bill, nor will it send it back to committee. If it's adopted, the bill will be voted on immediately as…

the Green Jobs Act, which Ms. Solis cosponsored with me, was not about creating jobs, it was about training people

the only ones not interested in making sure that the green energy and energy efficiencies industries thrive at the Republican party

I thank the gentleman. The Paycheck Fairness Act deserves attention, and it deserves attention now. We passed the Lilly Ledbetter Act very quickly because it was essential. It shows that this House can work together when it wants to. We…

During the last 2 months, students from my district have spoken out about their struggles to afford college, to pay their loans, to keep up their grades, and to maintain their jobs. Many of them are working multiple jobs and still…

So my point on all of this is that the Congressional Research Service tells us that in the fiscal year 2013 budget, they will be getting $39 billion in taxpayer subsidies.

I thank the gentleman. There are three amendments that I speak to, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank Chairman McKeon and Ranking Member Smith for their support and for including these in the en bloc amendment. These amendments are examples of…

The third amendment, No. 58, is along the same line. I thank the gentleman for recognizing me. Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank my colleague and friend, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen from…