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Bipartisan Coalition of Members Press for “Gainful Employment” Freeze
Jul 13, 2012 - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Representative Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) joined a bipartisan coalition of members in urging the Obama administration to stop ... More

Kline, Foxx Commend Federal Court for Reining In Controversial Gainful Employment Regulation
Jul 2, 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) released the following joint statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down portions of the Dep... More

VIDEO RELEASE: Kline Calls for Senate Action on Stafford Loan Interest Rates
Jun 25, 2012 - House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) appeared on Sunday’s edition of C-SPAN’s Newsmakers program to discuss student loans and Republican efforts to prevent a scheduled rate increase on subsidized Stafford Loans without raising taxes or adding to the deficit. Educ... 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

VIDEO RELEASE: Kline Lends Support to Interest Rate Reduction Act
Apr 27, 2012 - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today offered his support for the Interest Rate Reduction Act (H.R. 4682), legislation introduced by Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) that will roll back wasteful ObamaCare spending to pay for a one year extension of the current ... 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

Kline Statement on Republican Stafford Loan Interest Rate Legislation
Apr 25, 2012 - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) introduced the Interest Rate Reduction Act (H.R. 4628), legislation that provides a one-year extension of the 3.4 percent subsidized Stafford Loan interest rat... More

Kline Statement on Stafford Loan Interest Rates
Apr 20, 2012 - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today as President Obama begins his campaign push to temporarily freeze the interest rate on subsidized Stafford Loans made to undergraduate students: “Bad policy based on lofty campaign pro... More

Committee Republicans Question Administration’s Budget, Education Policies
Mar 28, 2012 - The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to discuss the administration’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget and policy priorities for the Department of Education. The Honorable Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, testified during the hearing. ... More

House and Senate Leaders Seek Oversight on Direct Loan Program
Mar 27, 2012 - Inefficiencies in the implementation and management of the federal Direct Loan program may be creating headaches for students and putting borrowers’ credit at risk, according to a letter sent today by several House and Senate Republicans to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General ... More

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