House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives approved a motion to go to conference on reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appointed House Republican conferees:
Today, the House took an important step forward in our effort to improve K-12 education and replace No Child Left Behind. I am confident the conference committee can reach agreement on a final bill that Congress will pass and the president will sign into law. I look forward to working with my fellow conferees as they offer their views and ideas to strengthen education.
Following House-passage of the motion to go to conference, Speaker Ryan appointed the following Republican members to serve on the House-Senate conference committee:
* Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman, Committee on Education and the Workforce
* Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
* Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
* Rep. David P. Roe (R-TN)
* Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
* Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
* Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN)
* Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK)
* Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL)
* Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
