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Dear Administrator Sunstein: The Committee on Education and the Workforce is focused on supporting the nation's workforce and advancing policies that will help strengthen our economy. As part of this effort, the committee has conducted robust oversight to ensure federal agencies are held accountable for regulations that undermine innovation, job creation, and American competitiveness. The Regulat... 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 approved the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079) with bipartisan support: The House of Representatives today reaffirmed its commitment to advancing the peoples’ will by voting to strike down ObamaCare, a law that is placing unnecessary strain on o... Read more »

The House of Representatives will vote today on legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans spoke in support of private-sector job growth and lower health care costs by urging a "yes" vote on the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079): “In Michigan, the law has stifled economic growth and hiring and raised health c... Read more »

The House of Representatives will vote today on legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans spoke in support of private-sector job growth and lower health care costs by urging a “yes” vote on the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079): The Affordable Care Act doesn’t address the major problem, which is cost and it ... Read more »

The House of Representatives is currently considering legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law. As chairman of a committee with jurisdiction over the 2010 health care law, Rep. John Kline (R-MN) urged his colleagues to stand with the American people and support the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079). “The government takeover of health care is destroying jobs,” Cha... Read more »

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the American people. In a sharply divided opinion, the court upheld the president’s decision to tax individuals who don’t purchase government-approved health insurance. If Washington can dictate that private citizens must buy health insurance and impose higher taxes when they fail to do so, it is difficult to conceive of any limit on f... Read more »

As the House of Representatives prepares to consider legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) testified in front of the House Rules Committee to urge support for the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079): “As a practicing physician … I’ve read the 2,700 page bill, and already we h... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for June: Another month of sluggish job growth offers more proof that the president’s tax-and-spend policies are destroying opportunities for workers and undermining employers’ ability to hire and invest in their businesses. Last week’... Read more »

A federal judge has vacated several provisions of the controversial “gainful employment” rule, which the Department of Education issued last year in an effort to ensure that federal student-aid dollars flowing to vocational programs were good investments and helping prepare students for jobs that pay well. The decision, by Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Col... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following joint statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down portions of the Department of Education’s controversial “gainful employment” regulation: “As these tough economic times... Read more »