In the wake of today’s announcement by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that there has been a decline in union membership, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis took the opportunity to highlight the Obama Administration’s support for the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act. The Administration currently faces bipartisan opposition to EFCA – otherwise known as “card check” – as the American people recognize th... Read more »
Good morning, and thank you to everyone for joining us for a look at the culture of favoritism in the Obama Administration’s labor agenda. I want to extend a special thank you to our witnesses for their participation today. I look forward to your testimony as well as the opportunity to hear your opinions and assessment of the Obama Administration’s labor agenda and what Congress should be doing to... Read more »
As more Americans express their frustration with a proposed government takeover of health care, the Democratic leadership in Washington continues to hold their partisan health care negotiations behind closed doors on Capitol Hill and at the White House. This is in direct opposition to the wishes of the American people and contradicts President Obama’spromises to bring much needed transparency to t... Read more »
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 »
More news from the people of Nevada who continue to roundly reject big labor’s number one priority – the Employee Free Choice Act. In a report in the Las Vegas Sun, a new poll shows a majority of Nevadans would rather keep their right to a secret ballot. New polling out today shows little support in Nevada for key provisions of the Employee Free Choice Act, the labor-led legislation that would mak... Read more »
