Skip to Content

Press Releases

VIDEO RELEASE: Kline Urges Support for the Save American Workers Act

Highlights Consequences for America's Schools and Workplaces

The House of Representatives debated earlier today the Save American Workers Act (H.R. 30), bipartisan legislation to repeal the health care law’s 30-hour definition of “full-time” employment and restore the traditional 40-hour work week.

House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) highlighted the concerns of teachers, business owners, and union leaders from across the country.
 

;

A small business owner and constituent of mine from Savage, Minnesota wrote earlier this week that the president’s health care law is “wreaking havoc on the American workplace.” No doubt many Americans agree.

Unfortunately, the law is wreaking havoc in schools as well. According to a recent report, Louisiana school administrators are being forced to cut staff hours and hire more part-time teachers to avoid federal penalties. Schools in New Jersey and elsewhere are facing similar tough choices. One superintendent described the costs associated with the health care law’s mandates as “an unbelievable drain on school systems.”

Don’t America’s teachers and students deserve better? Don’t we owe it to our employers, workers, and families to enact a responsible solution? I believe the answer to both questions is a resounding yes and that is why I strongly support this bipartisan legislation. Mr. Speaker, let’s tell our nation’s school leaders that we won’t sit idly by while ObamaCare makes it more difficult to provide students the quality education they deserve.

 To read Chairman Kline's full remarks, click here.

To watch a video of his remarks, click here

# # #

Stay Connected