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Kline, Walberg: OSHA Must Improve Oversight of Its Safety Enforcement
Feb 26, 2013 - U .S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) responded today to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that identified weaknesses in how the Occupational Safety and Health Administratio... More

Kline, Roe Respond to NCCMP Report on Multiemployer Pensions
Feb 19, 2013 - House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) today released the following joint statement after the National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans (NCCMP) issued a report on mul... More

House Republican Leaders Urge President Obama to Fix a Broken National Labor Relations Board
Feb 13, 2013 - House Republicans leaders today urged President Obama to work with the U.S. Senate to confirm four qualified individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The letter is in response to a unanimous decision by a federal appeals court that ruled President Obama’s controversial recess appoin... More

Kline: Unconstitutional NLRB Appointment Scheme Creates Uncertainty for All Americans
Feb 13, 2013 - The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions today held a hearing to examine the future of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the wake the recent Noel Canning vs. NLRB case. During today’s hearing, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) ... More

ICYMI: Obama's tactics taint labor board
Feb 11, 2013 - By Rep. John Kline A Feb. 4 column by Harold Meyerson ("How a GOP minority stole your rights") was long on rhetoric and short on key details that would have helped readers better understand a crisis facing our nation. While Meyerson's concerns about "nullified safeguards for average Americans" are ... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Walberg Announces Hearing on WARN Act and Sequestration
Feb 8, 2013 - On Thursday, February 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Sequestration: Examining Employers’ WARN Act Responsibilities.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Presiden... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Subcommittee to Examine Recent NLRB Actions and the Future of the Board After Noel Canning
Feb 7, 2013 - On Wednesday, February 13 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 “The Future of the NLRB: What Noel Canning vs. NLRB Means for Workers, Employers, and Unions.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 ... More

Committees Launch ObamaCare Burden Tracker
Feb 6, 2013 - The Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce Committees today unveiled the ObamaCare Burden Tracker (#ObamaCareBurden). The Burden Tracker is an online resource to help the public keep track of all of the new government mandates, rules, and red tape as a result of ObamaCa... More

Kline, Foxx Launch Comprehensive Review of Job Corps Program
Feb 1, 2013 - U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) have launched a comprehensive review of the federal Job Corps program. In response to ongoing reports of financial challenges, the comm... More

GOP Leaders Criticize Obama Administration’s Failure to Support Low-Income Children through D.C. OSP
Feb 1, 2013 - House Republican leaders today sent a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the administration’s failure to properly support and implement the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), w hich helps low-income children in the nation's capital escape underperforming schools. Signed by House E... More

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