On Thursday, April 21st at 10:00 a.m. CST, Chairman John Kline (R-MN) will join Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) in Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District to host the third field hearing of the 112th Congress. The field hearing, titled “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development,” will take place in the Waymon L. Hickman Building at Columbia State Community Colleg... Read more »
Over the last several months, our committee has been actively examining the current state of education in the nation. We have listened to state and local leaders who are working to improve the quality of education our children receive. Through a series of hearings, we have heard stories of both challenges and opportunities facing schools. The opportunities are found in the determination of countle... Read more »
On Wednesday, April 6 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, "Streamlining Federal Education and Workforce Programs: A Look at the GAO Report on Government Waste." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. On March 1, 2011, the U.S. Government Accountability Office... Read more »
Dear Chairmen Rogers and Rehberg and Ranking Members Dicks and DeLauro, We understand negotiations are ongoing on the fiscal year 2011 Continuing Resolution (CR), but important issues remain unresolved. As you finalize the CR, we urge you to include a bipartisan provision that prohibits the U.S. Department of Education’s implementation of gainful employment regulations. These troublesome regulati... Read more »
This week, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), held two field hearings in Pennsylvania and New York entitled, “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development.” The field hearings were designed to solicit feedback on education and workforce needs in American communities. Each featured panel discussions on the ... Read more »
Good morning, and welcome to our second field hearing of the 112th Congress. It is good to be here in Utica, New York with Representative Hanna. Thank you all for coming, and special thanks to our witnesses. We appreciate you taking the time to join us today, and we look forward to your testimony. These are tough times, and although our economic recovery remains uncertain, we are encouraged by rec... Read more »
Thank you Mr. Kline. Good morning and thank you to SUNY IT for hosting us here today. I would like to thank our distinguished witnesses for participating and everyone in the audience for their interest as well. We are very fortunate to have a special guest joining us for this event. My colleague and friend sitting next to me is Congressman John Kline. Congressman Kline serves as the Chairman of th... Read more »
Good morning, and welcome to our first field hearing of the 112th Congress. It is good to be here in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with Representative Barletta. Thank you all for coming, and special thanks to our two panels of witnesses. We appreciate you taking the time to join us today, and we look forward to your testimony. Our nation faces many challenges today. With unemployment still hovering a... Read more »
Thank you, Chairman Kline, for bringing the Committee on Education and the Workforce to Wilkes-Barre and for holding this important hearing today. I always appreciate the opportunity to hear from leading voices in our local community, and I am thrilled that Chairman Kline can share in this experience. The Committee has assembled an extraordinary panel of witnesses from our community’s business and... Read more »
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to review the Department of Education’s proposed gainful employment regulation. The hearing examined bipartisan concerns the regulation would impose arbitrary requirements on proprietary colleges, deny access to students, destroy jobs, and undermine the strength of the American workforc... Read more »
