By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement after reports that 25 miners lost their lives at the Upper Big Branch mine in Whitesville, West Virginia, and another four miners remain missing...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the statement below following an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia that killed 25 workers, with four workers still missing. Harkin chairs both the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Labor Appropriations Subcommittee.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 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 the Department of Labor announced 162,000 jobs were created in the month of March and the national unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement today after President Obama signed into law a landmark package of student lending reforms.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican, issued the following statement today in response to President Barack Obama’s signing of the so-called health care “fix it" bill, legislation that pairs significant new taxes, Medicare cuts, and other health care modifications with a government takeover of student lending...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 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 in response to President Barack Obama’s use of a recess appointment to overrule bipartisan objections and install controversial union lawyer Craig Becker on the National Labor Relations Board...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on the importance of extending unemployment insurance.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today announced that landmark legislation to make college more affordable and accessible had passed the U.S. Senate. The legislation must now go to the U.S. House for a final vote before heading to the President’s desk for his signature.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, delivered the following remarks tonight in opposition to the Democrats’ so-called health care “fix it" bill that includes more tax hikes, more cuts to Medicare, and a government takeover of student loans...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 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 President Barack Obama signed into law the Democrats’ government takeover of health care...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement after President Obama signed into law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Senate-passed comprehensive health reform measure approved by the House earlier this week. Harkin, as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, was on hand at the White House to witness the bill signing.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) commented today on the findings of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested on the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA). The EEOICPA provides compensation to workers and their survivors for occupational...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) issued the following statement after the U.S. House passed the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. With this vote, comprehensive health reform has passed and will go to President Obama for his signature. The reconciliation package now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration next week. Harkin is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, tonight joined colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote against a government takeover of health care. Kline voted against the Senate-passed bill - a plan loaded down with tax hikes, Medicare cuts, and notorious backroom deals - as well as Democrats’ reconciliation “fix" bill with even more taxes, more Medicare cuts, and new special deals. Kline issued the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican, testified today before the House Rules Committee to urge Democrats to listen to the American people and reject the Slaughter Solution, the litany of backroom deals, and the massively unpopular government takeover ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today used a congressional hearing with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to reiterate key GOP priorities for education reform, including: restoring local control, empowering parents, letting teachers teach, and protecting taxpayers. The hearing examined the Education Department’s recently released blueprint for reauthorization of the law known as No Child Left Behind.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2010
News Release: “I’d like to thank all of you for being here today for the second in a series of hearings focusing on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Today’s testimony will help inform us as we undertake a bipartisan process to reshape this legislation. We have learned a lot since No Child...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement in response to “A Blueprint for Reform," Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s outline for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2010
News Release: “The Committee will come to order. We have convened this hearing to examine the issue of fair pay for women. This is not a new issue. In 1963, responding to the fact that the 25 million female workers in the workforce earned just 60 percent of the average pay for men, Congress enacted the Equal Pay Act...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2010
News Release: After directing a trillion dollars toward failed economic policies, Democrats are coming back for more with a $100 billion spending package eerily similar to last year’s stimulus bill. Billions in borrowed dollars would be directed to state and local governments to cover their budget deficits - saddling future generations with even more debt for a policy that has already failed to bring about lasting job creation.
