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 »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today urged Senators to reject the nomination of Service Employees International Union Associate General Counsel Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Previously, Kline called on the Senate to hold hearings on Becker’s nomination citing concerns over arguments Becker had made in support ... Read more »
“We are very close to the 60 votes we need. It we aren't able to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, we will work with President Obama and Vice President Biden and their appointees to the National Labor Relations Board to change the rules governing forming a union through administrative action…” (Stewart Acuff, “Restoring the Right to Form Unions and Bargain Collectively,” Huffington Post, 02.03.10... Read more »
Before we begin, I want to recognize Chairman Miller and Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers for their hard work on this issue. Every member of this committee was disturbed by the findings of the Government Accountability Office, and every one of us believes our schools must provide a safe environment for both students and teachers. This morning, our goal is to find the best path toward our shared goal... Read more »
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and congressional Democrats today continued to defend the Obama Administration’s job-killing agenda despite double-digit unemployment and widespread economic uncertainty. Secretary Solis’ testimony, delivered during her first ever appearance before the House Education and Labor Committee, comes on the heels of President Obama’s announcement last week that the White H... Read more »
Let me begin by welcoming Secretary Solis to the committee for her first appearance since being sworn in as the U.S. Secretary of Labor a little less than a year ago. With our nation facing ongoing job losses and widespread workplace uncertainty, your presence is certainly timely, Madam Secretary. Last week, President Obama was quite clear in declaring his Administration’s commitment to American w... Read more »
With the national unemployment rate hovering at 10 percent, President Obama’s Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, is scheduled tomorrow to make her first ever appearance before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee. More than two months ago, the panel’s Republican members called for Secretary Solis to come before the committee to answer questions about rising unemployment and erroneous job creati... Read more »
