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VIDEO RELEASE: Kline Discusses Pending Supreme Court Health Care Decision on C-SPAN’s Newsmakers
Jun 25, 2012 - House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) on Sunday appeared on C-SPAN’s Newsmakers program to discuss the Supreme Court’s pending decision on ObamaCare, as well as House Republicans’ commitment to repeal the law and advance commonsense, step-by-step reforms that lowe... More

Kline, Foxx Applaud Court Decision to Rein In Harmful Higher Education Regulations
Jun 6, 2012 - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided to strike down portions of th... More

Roe Statement: Hearing on "Barriers to Lower Health Care Costs for Workers and Employers"
May 31, 2012 - With 160 million Americans acquiring health insurance through an employer-sponsored plan, job creators clearly play a critical role in the nation’s health care system. As a result, employers know all too well the difficult challenge of expanding access to affordable health care. To help control the ... More

House Republicans Continue Fight Against NLRB’s Unlawful Poster Regulation
May 30, 2012 - House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and 30 House Republicans this week filed a legal brief challenging a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulatory action that requires virtually every private employer to post a biased and vague notice of employee “rights” in... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Subcommittee to Examine Barriers to Lower Health Care Costs
May 30, 2012 - On Thursday, May 31 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled “Barriers to Lower Health Care Costs for Workers and Employers.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building... More

ICYMI: School officials fear a federal policy takeover
May 24, 2012 - This week, the administration announced another version of the stimulus-era Race to the Top program, this time geared toward individual school districts. The new program is expected to cost taxpayers $400 million, and requires local school districts to adopt sweeping Department of Education mandate... More

VIDEO RELEASE: HHS Secretary Admits - Eliminating ObamaCare Slush Fund Won’t End Preventative Care
Apr 27, 2012 - Just moments ago, the Obama administration threatened to veto Republican legislation that would roll back wasteful ObamaCare spending to provide a one year extension of the current interest rate on subsidized Stafford Loans made to undergraduate students. According to the administration, the Republi... More

VIDEO RELEASE: HHS Secretary Admits “No Intention” to Shut Down Controversial CMS Project
Apr 26, 2012 - U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today vowed to continue a controversial “demonstration project” that has come under fire recently by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Democrats’ 2010 health care law cut $200 billion from Medicare Advantage, ... More

Left Turn: An Unhappy Anniversary
Mar 23, 2012 - Two years ago today, President Obama signed his health care reform plan into law. His decision reflects the Democrats’ fatal error in believing that one day the public would support their health care scheme. In fact, not even the president is taking the time today to tout what the administration hai... More

Labor Department Regulation Will Increase Costs, Restrict Access to Companion Care
Mar 20, 2012 - The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, “Ensuring Regulations Protect Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care.” The hearing examined a Labor Department regulatory proposal that would make it more costly for individuals to ... More

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