Eagle Tribune
June 13, 2012
“Tierney’s disappointing vote on the medical device tax is, as with so many of his other actions, subservient to his party’s ideology rather than the interests of the people he represents.”

The Salem News
June 13, 2012
“Tierney’s vote was particularly unfortunate given the presence of several major medical device manufacturers here on the North Shore.”

Newburyport Daily News
June 13, 2012
“It seems he’s (John Tierney) willing to shed his concerns about excessive defense spending in order to support manufacturing activity at the General Electric plant in Democrat-friendly Lynn, but he is not so concerned about the thousands of good jobs at risk elsewhere in this key sector of the region’s economy.”