By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2009
News Release: The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee continued its march toward a bigger, more intrusive federal government today with passage of sweeping legislation to impose a fully government-controlled student lending system on students and schools. The Democrats’ legislation, H.R. 3221, abolishes the Federal ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Democrats on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee approved their planned government takeover of our nation’s health care system this morning after forcing an overnight legislative session to meet their arbitrary deadline for committee passage this week. Three Democrats joined Republicans in unanimous opposition to the plan. Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the panel’s top Republican, issued the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: With the unemployment rate at its highest level in a quarter-century and the federal deficit at its highest level ever, Republicans are doing all they can to ensure Democrats don’t make our economy any worse with their proposed trillion dollar government takeover of our health care system. The question is: Will Democrats stand up for workers, families, and the economy?
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Republicans are presenting a united front against the Democrats’ plan to allow a government takeover of our nation’s health care system, fighting to ensure Americans who like their current coverage can keep it. In an effort to ensure Democrats do not impose a flawed health care system on the American ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Kline highlights CBO Critique of Democrats' Government Takeover of Health Care
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Will congressional Democrats vote “NO" when asked if Americans who like their current health care coverage should be able to keep it? That’s the question Republicans on the House Education and Labor Committee posed today through a series of amendments aimed at preventing a government takeover of our ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: As the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee continues debating a controversial plan from congressional Democrats to allow a government takeover of our nation’s health care system, Republicans are pulling out all the stops to ensure Americans who like their current health care coverage can keep it.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: HYANNIS PORT - Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor,
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today passed The Affordable Health Choices Act, landmark legislation that will reduce health costs, protect individuals’ choice in doctors and plans, and assure quality and affordable heath care for Americans. The bipartisan bill includes more than 160 Republican amendments accepted during the month-long mark-up, one of the longest in Congressional history.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today began consideration of legislation offered by congressional Democrats to allow a government takeover of our nation’s health care system, with members of the committee offering opening statements just 24 hours after the 1,018 page bill was unveiled. The ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: Republicans today came out strongly against a proposal offered by Congressional Democrats to eviscerate the private sector’s role in helping families pay for college. Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican Member, criticized the legislation as a mockery of ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today called on congressional Democrats to pull back from their arbitrary deadlines for voting on an overhaul of our nation’s health care system and give Members of Congress adequate time to fully assess the consequences of newly introduced legislation on jobs, small businesses, and the quality of health care in America.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Despite evidence that Medicaid beneficiaries have poorer health than other Americans and have difficulty getting the care they need because many doctors do not accept Medicaid patients, Democrats on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today rejected an effort to provide Medicaid patients with new options for quality health insurance.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2009
News Release: Congressman John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the Education and Labor Committee, today named Barrett Karr as Republican Staff Director. Karr brings to the Committee a wealth of knowledge on education, health care, and labor issues gained during a 13-year career that spanned both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2009
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By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Democrats on the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today reaffirmed their commitment to pass health reform legislation that reduces health costs, protects choice of doctors and plans, and assures quality and affordable health care for Americans. The senators’ statements follow the release of a new estimate on the cost of the Affordable Health Choices Act by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Department of Labor reported this morning a loss of 467,000 jobs in the month of June, bringing the unemployment rate to 9.5 percent, its highest level in more than a quarter-century. Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican Member, issued the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican Member, today announced new Republican leaders for two of the panel’s five subcommittees.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 26, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican Member, today harshly criticized congressional Democrats for blocking a House vote on a proposal that would expand job training opportunities for workers in energy efficiency and renewable energy professions.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Chris Dodd and Senator Patty Murray, senior Democrats on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today held a press conference to call attention to the millions of Americans who have lost their health insurance during the economic downturn.
