Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce will meet this week to examine ways to strengthen career and technical education, as well as to consider legislative proposals to improve child nutrition programs and block a new rule that will stifle the rights of workers and employers. All committee activities will take place in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. On Tuesday, May 17 a... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following joint statement after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized new rules undermining employee wellness programs: Rising health care costs are a top concern for Americans across the country. More employers are offering wel... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today issued the following statement in response to new Title IX guidance from the Departments of Education and Justice: These are deeply personal issues that should be discussed and decided openly, where all Americans have an opportunity to express their views and have their voices heard. Unfortunately, once again, the adminis... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, released the following statement today after U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled in favor of the House of Representatives in House v. Burwell: Time and again, this administration has tried to prop ... Read more »
Part of a broad effort to combat the country’s growing opioid epidemic, the House today passed the Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act (H.R. 4843). The legislation—introduced by Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) and Katherine Clark (D-MA)—will require the Department of Health and Human Services to better ensure states are meeting current child welfare requirements, strengthening protections for infant... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) today released the following statements after the House passed the Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act (H.R. 4843) by a vote of 421 to 0. As part of a broader House effort to address the country’s growing opioid epidemic, the bipartisan bill will strengthen protections for infants born with ill... Read more »
A new report by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) finds the Department of Education’s proposed “supplement not supplant” regulation goes beyond “a plain language reading of the statute” and is likely against the law. The CRS report was prepared in response to broad congressional interest in the proposed regulation on the new law that replaced No Child Left Behind and whether th... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) issued the following joint statement after the Department of Treasury issued its decision regarding the Central States Pension Fund: A pension crisis has been growing for decades, threatening the retirement security of millions of Americans. That’s why Congress spent years worki... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for April 2016: More Americans are back to work, and that’s a good thing. However, this report is the latest warning that our country is heading in the wrong direction. Millions of Americans are still struggling to find the ... Read more »
Ahead of House passage today of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Reauthorization Act, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) urged members to support the legislation and renew a “vital investment in the children who live in the District of Columbia.” Introduced by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the bill (... Read more »
