Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today expressed new doubts about pending legislation to eliminate the private sector’s role in student lending, arguing that the bill’s massive new entitlement spending initiatives may cost taxpayers far more than expected. Kline’s comments come after the Obama Administration’s Office of Management and Budg... Read more »
Six months to the day after enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Rep. John Kline (R-MN) – the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee – highlighted America’s continued job losses and plummeting public opinion about the legislation as proof that the nearly trillion dollar federal spending spree has failed to achieve its objectives. “Democrats in Washington... Read more »
The so-called Employee Free Choice Act was a bad idea in the spring, when it was re-introduced in Congress, and it is still a bad idea now. That’s what the editors of The Daily News in Newburyport, Mass., said recently about the act that’s been sitting in the Senate for months. The “card check” provisions in the act alone make it worthy of rejection, explains the paper's editorial: “The act is an ... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, today expressed alarm at a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office that shows tens of billions of dollars in hidden costs lurking in the Democrats’ pending legislation to orchestrate a complete government takeover of student loan programs. “We’ve known all along that eliminating the private sector from... Read more »
Congressman John Kline (R-MN) today criticized congressional Democrats’ refusal to increase funding for special education programs, arguing that Congress has ignored its obligation to fully fund its share of expenses under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for far too long. Kline, the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, offered an amendment to the a... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican Member, today joined fellow members of the House GOP Health Care Solutions Group for a hearing that examined patient and doctor experiences with other countries’ government-run health care systems. “This hearing looked at a side of government-run health care that its proponents have willfully ignored: the deva... Read more »
The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee continued its march toward a bigger, more intrusive federal government today with passage of sweeping legislation to impose a fully government-controlled student lending system on students and schools. The Democrats’ legislation, H.R. 3221, abolishes the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program and redirects tens of billions in government savings an... Read more »
Democrats on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee approved their planned government takeover of our nation’s health care system this morning after forcing an overnight legislative session to meet their arbitrary deadline for committee passage this week. Three Democrats joined Republicans in unanimous opposition to the plan. Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the panel’s top Republican, issued the fol... Read more »
Republicans are presenting a united front against the Democrats’ plan to allow a government takeover of our nation’s health care system, fighting to ensure Americans who like their current coverage can keep it. In an effort to ensure Democrats do not impose a flawed health care system on the American people that they themselves would not be willing to accept, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) is proposing an... Read more »
With the unemployment rate at its highest level in a quarter-century and the federal deficit at its highest level ever, Republicans are doing all they can to ensure Democrats don’t make our economy any worse with their proposed trillion dollar government takeover of our health care system. The question is: Will Democrats stand up for workers, families, and the economy? “There’s no denying that the... Read more »
