Correspondence

Bipartisan Coalition of Members Urge Administration to Drop Failed "Program Integrity" Regulations
Apr 18, 2013 - Dear Secretary Duncan: Over the past four years, the Department of Education has embraced an active regulatory approach to define program quality. We urge you to abandon these efforts and instead let Congress address these issues as part of the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. I... More

Committee Leaders Request Information on PPACA's Effect on the Wages of American Workers
Mar 19, 2013 - Dear Acting-Secretary Harris: We are concerned by employer comments recently summarized by the Federal Reserve regarding the potential impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on hiring. On March 6, 2013 the Federal Reserve published its Summary of COmmentary on Current Econo... More

Kline, Roe Ask NLRB to Detail Effects of Sequestration
Mar 15, 2013 - Dear Chairman Pearce and Acting General Counsel Solomon: As you know, the Budget Control Act of 2011 required Congress to enact legislation to achieve deficit reduction levels of at least $1.2 trillion by January 15, 2012. Failure to enact legislation would trigger a sequestration order - automatic... More

Kline, Roe Ask Department of Labor to Detail Effects of Sequestration
Mar 15, 2013 - Dear Acting-Secretary Harris: As you know, the Budget Control Act of 2011 required Congress to enact legislation to achieve deficit reduction levels of at least $1.2 trillion by January 15, 2012. Failure to enact legislation would trigger a sequestration order - automatic, across-the-board spending... More

Committee Leaders Request Information on Health Care Law’s Employer Mandate
Dec 18, 2012 - Dear Secretary Geithner, Secretary Solis, and Secretary Sebelius: We write to request information concerning the administration’s implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Specifically, we request clarification concerning how an employer determines the average number... More

Kline Renews Demand for WARN Act Information
Dec 17, 2012 - Dear Secretary Solis: Thank you for taking the time on October 17, 2012 to discuss the committee’s ongoing oversight of the Department of Labor. As we discussed, I am concerned by the department’s pattern of untimely and inadequate response to the committee’s oversight requests. In many cases, the ... More

Kline Requests Details on NLRB Response to IG Findings of Prohibited Communications
Nov 29, 2012 - Dear Chairman Pearce and Acting General Counsel Solomon: On November 19, in response to my inquiry, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of Inspector General (IG) issued a memorandum, attached, stating that “certain statements in e-mail messages from personnel in the Division of Advic... More

Republican Leaders Request GAO Investigation into Direct Loan Program
Nov 5, 2012 - Dear Mr. Dodaro: On March 27, 2012, we requested the Government Accountability Office examine the U.S. Department of Education’s oversight into the Direct Loan rehabilitation process for defaulted borrowers. Since that time, we have received numerous troubling complaints from borrowers whose financ... More

Committee Members Ask GAO to Conduct Study on New School Lunch Requirements
Oct 31, 2012 - Dear Mr. Dodaro: In December 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act was signed into law, enacting the most comprehensive changes to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in more than 15 years. Among the most significant change was a requirement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) upd... More

House and Senate Leaders Request Overdue HHS Report on Welfare Dependence
Oct 25, 2012 - Dear Secretary Sebelius: As you are aware, under current law the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to issue an annual "Indicators of Welfare Dependence" report. Past issues of this report have provided Congress ant the public valuable information about Americans' depend... More

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