By Rep. John Kline A Feb. 4 column by Harold Meyerson ("How a GOP minority stole your rights") was long on rhetoric and short on key details that would have helped readers better understand a crisis facing our nation. While Meyerson's concerns about "nullified safeguards for average Americans" are valid, he failed to identify the source of the problem. The real culprit is the presidential power g... Read more »
On Thursday, February 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Sequestration: Examining Employers’ WARN Act Responsibilities.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. President Obama proposed sequestration as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Sequestration is a series ... Read more »
On Wednesday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled “The Future of the NLRB: What Noel Canning vs. NLRB Means for Workers, Employers, and Unions.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In January 2012, President Obama installed three recess appoin... Read more »
In 2009, President Obama promised that once his health care bill became law “all of the overheated rhetoric over reform [would] finally confront the reality of reform.” Of all the president’s promises about the health care law, this one has come true. A new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) highlights the grim reality of ObamaCare. According to the nonpartisan analysis, the president... Read more »
The Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce Committees today unveiled the ObamaCare Burden Tracker (#ObamaCareBurden). The Burden Tracker is an online resource to help the public keep track of all of the new government mandates, rules, and red tape as a result of ObamaCare. The burden of ObamaCare is already being felt, even though many provisions of the law, including... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act: Signed by President Clinton two decades ago, the Family and Medical Leave Act enables workers to keep their jobs while they care for themselves or a loved one facing a serious medical condition. The law has... Read more »
The subject of today’s hearing has become somewhat of a tradition for the Education and the Workforce Committee. It’s important to start a new Congress with a fresh look at the challenges and opportunities confronting America’s schools and workplaces. We’ve been fortunate over the years to have governors and education and business leaders share their views on the issues facing the country, and I a... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) have launched a comprehensive review of the federal Job Corps program. In response to ongoing reports of financial challenges, the committee seeks information from the Obama administration, operators of Job Corps centers, and the Natio... Read more »
House Republican leaders today sent a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the administration’s failure to properly support and implement the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), w hich helps low-income children in the nation's capital escape underperforming schools. Signed by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), House Oversight and Government Refo... Read more »
As the federal government moves forward to implement President Obama's Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services is slated to spend millions of dollars promoting the unpopular legislation. In the face of this publicity blitz, it is worth remembering that the law was originally sold largely on four grounds—all of which have become increasingly implausible. Lower health-care ... Read more »
