U.S. Congressman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), Chairman of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, issued the following statement today after the Department of Labor reported the national unemployment rate was 9 percent in the month of January: “After more than two years of economic uncertainty, job creators remain cautious about expanding their businesses and hiring new workers. Despit... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after a federal judge in Florida ruled the Democrats’ health care law is unconstitutional: “To believe the Democrats’ health care law does not destroy jobs and does not vastly expand the power of the federal government over personal health care decisions is to ignore reality. At a time ... Read more »
Rep. John Kline, Chairman of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, today expressed strong concern with administration proposals and policies that are having a chilling effect on America’s job creators. For 20 consecutive months unemployment has remained above 9 percent and 14.5 million Americans remain unemployed. It is imperative government policies not undermine efforts by entrep... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today in support of bipartisan legislation that will reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program: “Since 2004, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program has provided meaningful choices and real hope to parents and students in the District of Columbia. Clear evidence of the program’s s... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today on President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: On education reform… “The quality of our schools has a direct impact on the competitiveness of our workforce, and as chairman, jobs and competitiveness will be leading priorities for the committee. The president’s vocal support wil... Read more »
On Wednesday, January 25, 2011 at 2 p.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing on “The State of the American Workforce” in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Since the Great Recession began in December of 2007, more than 7 million jobs have been lost. While the National Bureau of Economic Research has stated th... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold its full committee organizational meeting on Tuesday, January 25, at 10:30 a.m. in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. At the organizational meeting, the Committee will consider: 1. Adoption of the Committee rules 2. Adoption of the Committee oversight plan; and 3. Subcommittee assignments. # # # Read more »
The following op-ed was published online at USA Today on January 20, 2011. Second, this effort allows us to take steps to truly deal with cost. Whatever else may be said of it, the new law has clearly failed to address the ever-rising cost of care and coverage. In many cases, the law is actually responsible, at least in part, for the increases. Many employers are facing higher costs, individuals a... 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 passed with bipartisan support legislation that will repeal the Democrats’ government takeover of health care: “Today the House of Representatives demonstrated that we have been listening to the American people. We have heard the pleas of individu... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Labor reported an increase of 103,000 jobs in December and a national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent: “Today’s jobs report points to an economy that is on the mend but still struggling. The pace of job creation continues to fall short of what we need to re... Read more »
