By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, has requested information about the Education Department’s efforts to influence pending legislation that would end private sector-based federal student loans. Kline’s request comes in response to multiple media ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing to address employment challenges that service members face when returning from a tour of duty. The hearing focused on the enforcement of the Uniformed Services...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 7, 2009
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 Speaker Pelosi and congressional Democrats rushed through their massive $1.3 trillion overhaul of America’s health care system.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 7, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, spoke on the Floor of the House of Representatives this evening during debate on the Pelosi government takeover of health care. Drawing needed attention to the enormous power congressional Democrats are set to give to a new super-bureaucrat in Washington - the “Health Choices Commissioner" - Rep. Kline called on his colleagues to put aside their big government agenda.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, pointed to the latest employment report as further evidence that Democrat-controlled Washington is failing to focus on economic recovery even as families and small businesses continue to struggle. The figures, released this morning by the U.S. Department of Labor, showed a loss of 190,000 jobs in October, with the national unemployment rate reaching 10.2 percent, a 26-year high.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, testified before the House Committee on Rules today to highlight the bureaucratic maze created by Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care. Citing a series of specific new powers and authorities granted ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2009
News Release: "Welcome everyone. Today our Committee will hear testimony on an important piece of civil rights legislation - the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, also known as ENDA.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2009
News Release: As congressional Democrats prepare for a House vote on 2,000+ pages of new health care taxes, red tape, and federal mandates, House Republicans have unveiled a commonsense alternative that makes targeted, meaningful reforms that will bring down the cost of health care and expand access to quality coverage, ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today as Americans begin to wade into the more than 2,000 pages of Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care. This latest big government agenda item is the product of partisan deliberation behind closed doors and out of view of the American people.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today as Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats prepare to rush through a $1.3 trillion government takeover of the health care system. Hastily crafted behind closed doors, the Democrats’ plan completely ignores a signature promise made by President Barack Obama: if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: Reps. John Kline (R-MN) and John Mica (R-FL) today strongly criticized a proposal by the National Mediation Board to alter workplace organizing elections in the aviation and railway industries, questioning the limited review process for developing the new policy and an apparent attempt to limit public ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today highlighting the dangerous consequences of Speaker Pelosi’s proposed government takeover of health care for American families...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Increasing Health Costs Facing Small Businesses." The hearing will explore the toll high health care costs take on...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
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 the Obama Administration’s claims about job creation resulting from the so-called economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today issued the following statement following Senate confirmation of Dr. Regina Benjamin, of Alabama, to be U.S. Surgeon General. The HELP Committee approved Dr. Benjamin’s nomination on October 7, 2009.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2009
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 the release of yet another health care proposal from House Democrats...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2009
News Release: “I want to welcome everyone to this very timely and important hearing on retirement security.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today joined colleagues to warn against harmful benefit cuts and federal intrusion into seniors’ health care decisions that would result from a government takeover of the nation’s health care system. With Democrats ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Senate passed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 by unanimous consent.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: “Good morning everyone. We meet today to discuss an issue of basic importance to all Americans: the safety of our nation’s food supply.
