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 multiemployer pension reform: Today’s report is further proof that there is no easy way to address the ... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, "Sequestration: Examining Employers’ WARN Act Responsibilities." The hearing examined guidance released in July 2012 by the Department of Labor that states the WARN Act does not apply to sequestration. Members also discussed the department’s failure to fully cooperate with the committee’s ... Read more »
House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement after President Obama spoke in Decatur, Georgia about his new early childhood education proposal: If the president believes this is an important initiative, he owes Congress and the American people answers to some basic questions. Will the plan be duplicative? Countless early childhood ... Read more »
As a father of two young boys, I know today’s kids learn differently than previous generations. They are more adept at effortlessly figuring out new technology and seamlessly incorporating it into their daily lives. Recognizing the wealth of technology now at our fingertips, several states are working to alter the way education is delivered to students. In Utah and Georgia, for example, state lead... Read more »
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 appointments to the board unconstitutional. The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions he... Read more »
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) criticized the president’s unconstitutional recess appointments, expressing frustration with the res... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement tonight in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: Last week, the president visited my home state of Minnesota and said, ‘We don’t have to agree on everything to agree it’s time to do something.’ Tonight, the president was faced with a unique opportunity to double down on that pr... Read more »
On Thursday, February 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), will hold a hearing entitled “Raising the Bar: How Education Innovation Can Improve Student Achievement.” The hearing will take place in room 2261 of the Rayburn House Office Building. A growing number of state and local leaders are working to redefi... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans today sent a letter to President Obama urging a fiscally responsible, long-term solution to the Stafford Loan interest rate problem. Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Reps. Thomas Petri (R-WI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Phil Roe (R-TN), Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA),... Read more »
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 valid, he failed to identify the source of the problem. The real culprit is the presidential power g... Read more »
