Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, announced today that Education and Labor Committee Republicans will hold a forum this week entitled “A Culture of Favoritism: The Obama Administration’s Labor Agenda.” After only one year in office, President Obama and his congressional allies have already amassed a track record of championing favored special int... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today in response to reports that the White House has negotiated with Big Labor to exempt union health care plans from a proposed excise tax. In recent days, congressional Democrats have come under fire for their proposal to finance their government takeover of health care through a... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, released the follow statement this morning as the Department of Labor announced an additional 85,000 jobs were lost in the month of December, and the unemployment rate remained at 10 percent. “Today’s unemployment report is a stark reminder that millions of American families continue to struggle in this troubled ... Read more »
Flouting the transparency and accountability they promised the American people, members of the House and Senate Democrat leadership have been meeting behind closed doors on Capitol Hill to hash out the final version of their government takeover of health care. During an interview today on Fox Business, Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, highlighte... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican, issued the following statement today after Senate Democrats passed legislation to overhaul the nation’s health care system on a party-line vote: “This bill and the partisan political gamesmanship that bought and paid for its passage speak volumes about the Democrat leadership in Washington that is utterly out... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today after Senate Democrats voted overnight, under the cover of darkness to advance the latest version of a government takeover of health care. “While this bill has seen numerous revisions and rewrites – including hundreds of millions of dollars in special concessions to secure rel... Read more »
U.S. Senators Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Reps. John Kline (R-MN) and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today wrote college and university presidents regarding their legislation that would preserve critical student loan options for another year. The Members are working to extend the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) which has successfully helped millions of Americans re... Read more »
Led by Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), Republicans on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee have introduced the Workforce Investment Improvement Act (H.R. 4271), a bill to strengthen job training opportunities for workers and job seekers. Their legislation renews workforce development programs under the Workforce Investment Act, a law that has not been reautho... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today repeated his call for the Obama Administration to immediately remove Kevin Jennings from his post as the top politically appointed official responsible for keeping America’s schools safe and drug free. Media reports have surfaced in recent days bringing to light numerous examples of Jennings’ lack of ... Read more »
The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing today on the Common Core State Standards Initiative being developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). While there is bipartisan support for voluntary, rigorous academic standards that could be shared among states and local communities, education experts... Read more »
