JOHN TIERNEY’S LEGISLATIVE RECORD

JOHN TIERNEY has been in Congress for 16 years and has NOT INTRODUCED A SINGLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION that has made it to the President’s desk.

RICHARD TISEI’S LEGISLATIVE RECORD

RICHARD TISEI HAS A 26-YEAR RECORD OF DELIVERING FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS

As a state legislator, Richard has reached across party lines to pass bipartisan legislation in the best interests of his constituents.

“Tisei was able to win 13 elections in a row as a state legislator in a part of the district he’s now running in – with the help of independent and Democratic voters.” (Politico, 5/14/2012)

In his 26 years of service in the Massachusetts Legislature, Richard spearheaded a long list of accomplishments, even in a Democrat-held legislature including…

Anti-Bullying legislation, which Richard supported and also sponsored after Senator Antonioni (a Democrat) stepped down. (This bill was signed into law on May 3, 2010, as Chapter 92 of the Act of 2010).

Ethics Reform – ban on the use of campaign funds to pay ethics fines and the elimination of the “Special Committee” loophole that allowed state political parties to skirt campaign finance laws by funneling money directly to candidates through a designated campaign fund, like Governor Patrick’s 71st Fund (Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2009, signed July 1, 2009).

Welfare Reform Law - Passed in 1995 served as a national model. Richard served on the six member conference committee that hashed out a compromise for the historic legislation. He authored a number of anti-fraud provisions included in the bill. (St. 1995, c. 5, § 110)

Whistleblower Protection Law – passed during Gov. Weld’s tenure as governor, and led the fight to protect healthcare workers from harassment and retaliation by their employers for reporting patient abuse and unsafe working conditions. (http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section185 Code Section:  149§185, Signed 1994)

Education Reform Act – 1993 landmark legislation provision that Richard authored establishing a system for alternative certification making it easier for individual changing careers to enter the teaching profession. (Education Reform Act
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1993/1993acts0071.pdf Part I, Title XII, Chapter 71, June 16, 1993)

RICHARD TISEI HAS A PROVEN BIPARTISAN RECORD


“[Richard] is a bipartisan guy, and I think we need more of that,” Mayor Chip Clancy, Democrat, former Mayor of Lynn (The Lynn Daily Item, Thor Jourgensen, September 26, 2012)

“But even for a Massachusetts Republican, Tisei is out of step with his party and Romney on several notable issues, and views his candidacy as a return to a brand of the socially moderate, fiscally conservative Republicanism that once flourished in the Northeast but has all but vanished in recent years.” (The Boston Globe, Michael Levenson, August 29, 2012)

During Governor Romney’s 4 years in office, Richard voted to override the Governor over 50% of the time.

JOHN TIERNEY HAS VOTED 99% OF THE TIME WITH NANCY PELOSI


JOHN TIERNEY STANDS TO THE LEFT OF ELIZABETH WARREN – SUPPORTS THE MEDICAL DEVICE TAX

John Tierney supports the job-killing Medical Device Tax found in ObamaCare –

MASSACHUSETTS IS THE 2nd LARGEST EMPLOYER OF PEOPLE IN THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY behind only California, employing 24,268 within seven medical device manufacturing categories. Furthermore, the Massachusetts medical device industry is responsible for creating more than 80,000 jobs in related industries in the state. (MASSMedic – the largest regional medical device association in the United States)

CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS, ARTIFICIAL JOINTS, and MRI SCANNERS ALL FACE NEW TAXES: “The 2.3% levy applies to the sale of everything from cardiac defibrillators to artificial joints to MRI scanners. The device tax is supposed to raise $28.5 billion from 2013 to 2022, and it is especially harmful because it applies to gross sales, not profits.” (Editorial, “Improvised Explosive Device Tax,” The Wall Street Journal, 5/28/2012)

SMALL AND MID-SIZED BUSINESSES COULD BE HIT HARDEST: “Companies at make-or-break margins could be taxed out of existence, especially in an intensely competitive industry where four of five businesses are start-ups or midsized.” (Editorial, “Improvised Explosive DeviceTax,” The Wall Street Journal, 5/28/2012)

(Lynnfield, MA) – Weeks after a July 3, 2012, press conference where Congressman John Tierney stood behind a podium and told the press that he had always released his tax returns, he may finally being doing so (note: after today’s press deadlines). Word has spread that Tierney may finally make some of his returns available to some members of the press.

By releasing tax returns at such a late hour of the day, Tierney virtually ensures that the returns won’t be fully analyzed or appear in print before tomorrow afternoon’s 3:00 p.m. debate between he and Congressional candidate Richard Tisei. Tisei already made 10 years of his returns available to the Boston Globe, which then had enough time to analyze the returns and seek independent review of the returns. The Globe’s story about the returns and Tierney’s refusal to provide his returns appeared today.

Regardless of what John Tierney distributes or when he distributes it, remember these important facts:

• John Tierney lied at his July 3, 2012, press conference when he told members of the press that he had always released his tax returns. Until now, there is no evidence that he has ever made his tax returns available to the press.
• John and Patrice Tierney, filing jointly, have never paid income taxes on the hundreds of thousands of dollars received from the family’s illegal gambling and racketeering empire. Never.
• John Tierney lied under penalty of perjury, repeatedly, when he certified to his Congressional colleagues in his annual Financial Disclosure Statements that his family had received no spousal income. In fact, hundreds of thousands of dollars were received by the Tierneys – and these payments were never reported, as required by law, to Congress.

Common Cause, the Center for Responsive Politics, and the Sunshine Group have all said that a formal investigation into Congressman John Tierney’s failure to report this income is warranted. All are non-partisan groups.

“Dishonesty is really disturbing to the voters,” said Tisei. “John Tierney looked people in the eye and said he had given them his tax returns when he had not. And, amazingly, he’s threatening to sue the Globe for libel because it dares ask him questions that he doesn’t like? It’s like Nixon’s been reincarnated as a Congressman from the 6th Congressional district. That era in American politics vanished long ago. The voters don’t ask for perfection, but they do expect openness and honesty from their Congressman. John Tierney consistently and arrogantly offers them something very different. I’m running to offer the people a real choice in November because I believe that the people deserve an honest and open Congressman.”

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