In stark contrast to the trillion-dollar, massive government takeover of health care that would increase premiums for families and small businesses, Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, this morning outlined a commonsense plan to reduce health care costs for small businesses. Kline’s remarks came during the White House’s health care summit, cu... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, came out of today’s White House health care summit calling on Democrats to set aside their controversial government takeover of health care and allow a vote on step-by-step reforms that will bring down the cost of health care. Kline outlined a plan to make health care less expensive for small businesses – one of ... Read more »
Objectives Help each child achieve his or her full and unique potential Give students the tools and knowledge to succeed in the 21st century Ensure America’s educational system is the best in the world We will do this by Restoring Local Control. Academic standards, testing systems, and curriculum should be set by states and local educators—without coercion from the federal government—to ensure th... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, appeared on Fox News this morning to discuss Republican priorities for health care reform going into tomorrow’s White House summit. Watch the video here. # # # Read more »
The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing today on expanding access to high-quality charter schools, a top priority for the panel’s Republicans as Congress begins exploring potential reforms to federal K-12 education laws. The hearing examined legislation designed to replicate effective charter schools, giving more students access to the choices charter schools offer. “Charter sc... Read more »
Thank you Chairman Miller, and let me begin by welcoming our distinguished panel of witnesses. We’re here this morning to talk about proposals to expand access to high-quality charter schools – a cause we’ve long embraced on this side of the aisle, and one that is drawing increasing support on the other side. The nation’s first charter school law was passed almost 20 years ago. Since that time, ch... Read more »
Thank you Chairman Miller, and good morning. As lawmakers, we like to try and solve problems. There’s a tendency to believe that whatever challenges we face, the answer lies with more federal funding or additional rules and regulations. Yet we know it is a mistake to legislate a solution without fully understanding the challenge. And so, before we talk about reducing the backlog of contested mine ... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the Obama Administration’s summary of the latest proposal for a government takeover of health care – a plan modeled on the legislation crafted behind closed doors by House and Senate Democrats. “Just days before a supposedly bipartisan health care negotiation, President Ob... Read more »
Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Education and Labor Committee today made an announcement about their plans for a bipartisan reform of the nation’s primary federal education law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) – currently known as No Child Left Behind. U.S. Reps. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the committee, John Kline (R-MN), the senior Republican of the co... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor announced this morning that 20,000 jobs were lost in January while the national unemployment rate, which counts only those Americans actively looking for work, fell to 9.7 percent. At the same time, the job losses for the month of December were revised upward to show a loss of 150,000 jobs, rather than the 85,000 originally reported. Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the Senior ... Read more »
