By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2011 at 2 p.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing on “The State of the American Workforce" in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed with bipartisan support legislation that will repeal the Democrats’ government takeover of health care...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services released a new report showing that, without the Affordable Care Act, up to 129 million Americans under the age of 65 who have a pre-existing health condition would be at risk of losing health insurance when they need it most, or be denied coverage...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 7, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Labor reported an increase of 103,000 jobs in December and a national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced today that the Committee will hold a series of hearings in the coming months to examine how the health reform law benefits Americans. The hearings will explore implementation of several provisions of the Affordable Care Act and will feature testimony from Americans directly affected by the Act’s provisions.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released a new analysis showing that repealing the Affordable Care Act would add $230 billion to the federal deficit by 2021...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2011
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today as he joined the House Speaker, Majority Leader, and fellow committee chairmen in unveiling “ObamaCare: A Budget-Busting, Job-Killing Health Care Law, " a new report that reveals job-killing aspects of the controversial health care law...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today regarding legislation he and other House Republicans are proposing to repeal the Democrats’ government takeover of health care...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2010
News Release: A bipartisan group of six lawmakers today released a letter sent to Acting U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro seeking answers about controversial revisions to an August 2010 U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report critical of recruiting practices at proprietary colleges and universities.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman-designate of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today welcoming new Republican members to the panel and announcing the selection of subcommittee chairs for the 112th Congress...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2010
News Release: Region 1 News Release: 10-1752-BOS/BOS 2010-507
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: The files contain audio recordings of 26 visits to 13 for-profit schools in 2010. GAO visited each school twice, posing once as an applicant who was eligible to receive both grants and loans (Scenario 1), and once as an applicant with a salary and assets that would qualify the applicant only for unsubsidized loans (Scenario 2).
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after a federal judge in Virginia ruled unconstitutional the individual mandate in the Democrats’ government takeover of health care...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN) was selected today to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee in the 112th Congress. Kline, who was first elected to Congress in 2002 and is currently the committee's Senior Republican Member, issued the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after the bipartisan defeat of H.R. 6495...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Labor reported the national unemployment rate increased to 9.8 percent during the month of November...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed S. 3307...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today after Democrats pulled child nutrition legislation from the House floor to avoid a vote on a Republican proposal to require criminal background checks for child care providers and block a stealth tax on working families...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s decision to rescind the Form T-1 reporting requirement for union trusts controlled by union officials. The department’s decision will roll back a 2008 rule that requires financial disclosure by union trusts, which are entities owned by labor unions.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced the Committee passed six pieces of legislation and approved six nominees at today’s executive session. All of the bills and nominations passed with unanimous consent and must now be approved by the full Senate. At the executive session, Harkin also welcomed Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) to the Committee.
