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Yesterday, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing to examine a recent proposal by the National Labor Relations Board to rush union elections. The NLRB's proposal will undermine an employer's right to communicate with his or her employees and cripple a worker's ability to make a fully informed decision in a union election. At a time when more than 14 million workers are ... Read more »

This morning, U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) appeared on Bill Bennett’s Morning in America radio program to announce the third in the committee’s series of education reform bills designed to overhaul current elementary and secondary education law. The State and Local Funding Flexibility Act will provide states and school districts maximum flexibility... Read more »

On Thursday, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan requesting additional information about the department’s recent proposal to grant conditional waivers to states and schools. In the letter, Chairman ... Read more »

President Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to do the bidding of its powerful friends in Big Labor. The latest attack on America's workforce came yesterday in a new proposal that will restrict an employer's free speech rights and undermine a worker's ability to make a fully informed decision in a union election. As Chairman John Kline stated: "In a direct affront to the milli... Read more »

By Drs. Phil Roe (R-TN) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN) As doctors, we've seen personally how the rising costs of health care can place even greater strain on individuals, families and employers. Year after year the cost of care goes up, leading some patients to neglect the treatments or care they need simply because they cannot afford it. Employers often face the difficult reality of maintaining covera... Read more »

Outdated mandates fail our students By Rep. John Kline (R-MN) Since the beginning of this Congress, the House Education and the Workforce Committee has held several hearings and roundtables to examine the state of education in America. We’ve talked with superintendents, teachers, school officials and parents to get their perspectives on the challenges facing students and communities. Through all ... Read more »

This morning, House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) appeared on Bill Bennett’s Morning in America radio program to discuss the next steps in education reform. During the interview, Chairman Kline described his support for a series of targeted education reform bills that take a step-by-step approach to addressing the problems in the nation’s education system. He also discusse... Read more »

By Rep. John Kline (R-MN) A recent national survey revealed an overwhelming majority of American voters believe they aren't getting their money's worth from public schools, and rightly so. Federal education spending has more than quadrupled since 1980, yet student achievement levels remain flat. For every high school senior, taxpayers have invested in excess of $100,000, yet only one-third of tho... Read more »

Republicans Rally Behind Boeing Over Complaint by U.S. Labor Board By Stephanie Armour U.S. House Republicans demanded that the National Labor Relations Board provide information about its decision to file a union-retaliation complaint against Boeing Co. (BA) for building an airplane factory in South Carolina. The House Education and the Workforce Committee gave the board until May 19 to submit d... Read more »

Challenges surrounding the administration of the Davis-Bacon Act have long plagued the Department of Labor. In August of 2009, Chairman Kline requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a new examination of the implementation of the Davis-Bacon Act. As Bloomberg highlights in the following article, the GAO report found “inadequate and sometimes inaccurate data has been used to set... Read more »