Small business owners traveled to Capitol Hill this week to speak out against the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) latest assault on job creators and to urge policymakers to rally behind a legislative solution. Introduced by leaders in the House and Senate, the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act (H.R. 3459) would roll back the board’s harmful joint employer decision, restore long-sta... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved a reconciliation proposal introduced pursuant to S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016. By repealing the so-called auto-enrollment mandate in the president’s health care law, the committee’s reconciliation proposal is part of a broader effort to dismantle Ob... Read more »
Since the Republican majority began nearly five years ago, Speaker Boehner has urged every one of us to make the people’s priorities our priorities. That is what this committee has always tried to do, and today’s effort is no different. In fact, the reconciliation process presents an opportunity to address three urgent priorities. The first priority is getting our nation’s fiscal house in order. A... Read more »
For more than five years, the president’s health care law has failed to produce the kind of health care system the American people deserve. While the Obama administration continues to tout the “benefits” of its government takeover of health care, hardworking men and women across the country have been forced to contend with less access to doctors, a system plagued by waste and abuse, costly penalti... Read more »
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-MN), and House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) will stand with small business owners from across the country impacted by the extreme policies of the National Labor Relations Board (... Read more »
I’m disappointed yet another misguided move by the partisan National Labor Relations Board has brought us here, but I’m not surprised. As chairman of this subcommittee, I have presided over numerous hearings focused on the NLRB’s threats to American workers and job creators. From ambush elections and micro-unions to restricting access to secret ballots and intruding on tribal sovereignty, the unel... Read more »
The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3594, the Higher Education Extension Act of 2015. Introduced by Reps. Mike Bishop (R-MI) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, this legislation extends for one year the Perkins Loan Program that is set to expire on September 30, as well as other higher education provisions scheduled to sunset at the end o... Read more »
On Wednesday, September 30 at 10:30 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will consider a reconciliation proposal introduced pursuant to S.Con.Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016. The markup will take place in room HVC 210 in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. The reconciliation proposal would repeal Section 151... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced his plan to retire: Speaker Boehner has a long record of dedicated leadership, and I am shocked and saddened by his decision. His announcement today is a selfless act, and Speaker Boehner wanted to do what’s best for this institution and the count... Read more »
OnTuesday, September 29 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. The hearing will take place in room 2261 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Federal labor policy has long held that two or more employers are “joint employers” if they sha... Read more »
