John Tierney

I hereby submit the attached letters of opposition to H.R. 4628. Congress Must Not Eliminate Prevention and Public Health Fund Statement of the American Lung Association Washington.--Some in Congress are trying to force the nation to…

At this time, I yield the remaining time on this side to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen).

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that this House take action to stop the need-based student loan interest rates from doubling at the end of June. If we defeat the previous question, the House will have an…

Cuts to the anti-hunger programs have devastating consequences.

A just framework for future budgets cannot rely on disproportionate cuts in essential services to poor persons.

And 2.5 million young adults who are now covered by their parent's plan would lose that coverage?

The House-passed budget resolution fails to meet these moral criteria.

Subsidiarity is not a free pass to dismantle government programs and abandon the poor to their own devices.

your budget appears to reflect the values of your favorite philosopher, Ayn Rand, rather than the gospel of Jesus Christ.

And, if the health care budget were to be entirely--the Program B, be entirely repealed, as some propose, 32 fewer million Americans would get health insurance, is that right?

the Childcare Tax Credit, which used to be a bipartisan measure, Republican bill would end the refundable tax credit for families of 3 million children and increase taxes for those families by an average of $1,800 a year.

this is a national debate that we are having with respect to the budget and reconciliation measures that are there, surrounded a lot about feelings that, you know, we can still give more money to the wealthy at the expense of struggling…

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. The vote was taken by…

Nobody wants to see people with disabilities discriminated against. We have an affirmative obligation to the agency that is responsible for making sure that doesn't happen.

Do you think it is important to have a law that requires that people not be able to discriminate on race?

Long-term planning to meet future industry demand will allow workers to be given careers, not just jobs.

I think that the range of services that are going to be provided to people currently qualified for V.R. is going to be narrower.

I hope our bill can be as much a part of today's discussions as the Republican bill.

We must promote innovation that fully engages partners and existing infrastructures like the community college system.

I think that also ensuring that all workers--that all workers, whether they are unskilled or lesser educated than others, or whether they are incumbent workers who need additional skills, or people that are very skilled that have been…

We need to demand real accountability, not subject to gaming, so everyone knows what works and what doesn't.

I have prospects that this can be done on a bipartisan basis.

You know, we should be able to emulate what we did in 1998, and that is reach a bipartisan bill on this.

Taxpayers should be upset about that because, of course, somebody is probably writing it off as a business expense.

This outrage that we are hearing today is genuine, and it is bipartisan.