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What is the Administration Hiding?

| Posted in Left Turns

The imperial presidency continues to decide which laws it will follow and which laws it will ignore. After taking steps to rein in the president’s attempt to rewrite welfare reform through executive fiat, Congress is now contending with an administration that won’t follow basic rules governing the regulatory process. And America’s job-creators are starting to notice. The Regulatory Flexibility Act... Read more »

Kline: Labor Department Obstructing Oversight of Controversial WARN Act Guidance

| Posted in Press Releases

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), along with Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Representative Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today renewed a request for documents and communications related to the development of guidance concerning sequestration and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. In a letter to Labor Secre... Read more »

Committee Demands Response to Previous Request on WARN Act "Guidance"

| Posted in Correspondence

Dear Secretary Solis: On August 2, 2012, we contacted you to share our concern regarding misleading and incomplete guidance from the Employment and Training Administration relating to the applicability of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) to potential sequestration-caused layoffs. The letter also requested related information, documents, and communications no later ... Read more »

ICYMI VIDEO RELEASE: Committee Republicans Speak Out in Support of Bipartisan Welfare Reform, Reject President’s Unlawful Waiver Scheme

| Posted in In Case You Missed It

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved with bipartisan support legislation to block the Obama administration’s unlawful attempt to waive the work requirements of the 1996 welfare reform law. During debate on H.J.Res. 118, Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans addressed the urgent need to preserve successful welfare reforms and reject President Obama’s latest executive ... Read more »

Kline Praises House Action to Protect Welfare Reform, Stop President’s Executive Overreach

| Posted in Press Releases

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved with bipartisan support H.J.Res. 118, a resolution disapproving of the Obama administration’s attempt to roll back key welfare reforms: We can’t move our country forward by returning to the failed policies of the past. Welfare reform and its strong ... Read more »

VIDEO RELEASE: Kline Urges Support for Bipartisan Welfare Reforms, Opposition to Unlawful Waiver Scheme

| Posted in Press Releases

The U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering legislation to block the Obama administration's attempt to waive the work requirements of the bipartisan welfare reform law. While leading debate on the House floor, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) urged his colleagues to preserve successful welfare reforms and reject the president's executive overreach by ... Read more »

Kline Statement: H.J.Res. 118, providing for congressional disapproval of the administration’s July 12, 2012 waiver of welfare work requirements

| Posted in Floor Statements

I rise today in strong support of H.J.Res. 118, a resolution disapproving the Obama administration’s attempt to roll back successful welfare reforms. The resolution we are considering today is quite simple. It preserves bipartisan policies that serve low-income families, and reins in this latest example of executive overreach by the Obama administration. In 1996, a Republican Congress worked with ... Read more »

Subcommittee Discusses Effectiveness and Efficiency of Federal Higher Education Data

| Posted in Press Releases

The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing entitled, “Assessing College Data: Helping to Provide Valuable Information to Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers.” In preparation for the next reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), the hearing explored whether the federal higher education data collection system is... Read more »

Four Facts About Today’s Vote to Preserve Key Welfare Reforms

| Posted in Moving in the Right Direction

Today the House will consider a joint resolution disapproving of the Obama administration’s attempt to undermine welfare reform. Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) joined Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) in introducing H.J.Res. 118 to block this latest example of executive overreach and preser... Read more »

Foxx Statement: Hearing on "Assessing College Data: Helping to Provide Valuable Information to Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers”

| Posted in Committee Statements

The 2008 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act included several provisions aimed at improving transparency in higher education. For the first time, institutions were required to make information about higher education pricing and financial aid more readily available to students and families. Additionally, the reauthorization encouraged colleges and universities to provide the federal governm... Read more »

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