Press Releases

On Wednesday, July 18 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, “Keeping College Within Reach: Exploring State Efforts to Curb Costs.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 2001, annual tuition and fees at public universities averaged $4,793. Today, that... Read more »

U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after a series of reports detailed an increase in black lung disease among miners: After more than 40 years of working to reduce black lung among America's miners, it is deeply troubling the number of those afflicted by this deadly disease is rising. Increased coal demand and technological ... Read more »

U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services issued “guidance” that would effectively allow states to seek a “waiver” from the work requirements critical to the success of the 1996 welfare reform: In 1996, the Republican Congress worked with President Clinton to fix a broken welfare sy... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Representative Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) joined a bipartisan coalition of members in urging the Obama administration to stop further implementation of the controversial “gainful employment” regulation in light of a June 30 fe... Read more »

U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079) with bipartisan support: The House of Representatives today reaffirmed its commitment to advancing the peoples’ will by voting to strike down ObamaCare, a law that is placing unnecessary strain on o... Read more »

The House of Representatives will vote today on legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans spoke in support of private-sector job growth and lower health care costs by urging a "yes" vote on the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079): “In Michigan, the law has stifled economic growth and hiring and raised health c... Read more »

The House of Representatives will vote today on legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans spoke in support of private-sector job growth and lower health care costs by urging a “yes” vote on the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079): The Affordable Care Act doesn’t address the major problem, which is cost and it ... Read more »

The House of Representatives is currently considering legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law. As chairman of a committee with jurisdiction over the 2010 health care law, Rep. John Kline (R-MN) urged his colleagues to stand with the American people and support the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079). “The government takeover of health care is destroying jobs,” Cha... Read more »

As the House of Representatives prepares to consider legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) testified in front of the House Rules Committee to urge support for the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079): “As a practicing physician … I’ve read the 2,700 page bill, and already we h... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for June: Another month of sluggish job growth offers more proof that the president’s tax-and-spend policies are destroying opportunities for workers and undermining employers’ ability to hire and invest in their businesses. Last week’... Read more »