John Kline: “We must restore local control, and encourage the kind of flexibility states and school districts need.”

Former Chairman John Kline, while recognizing that the overtime threshold should be responsibly reformed, called the administration's drastic move extreme and partisan.

If Congress does not reform the architecture of the multiemployer pension system, then it won't matter how much money we throw at this problem.

No one voted for me in less than 35 days, and I would afford employees the same opportunity to be able to make an informed decision with regard to choosing their union representation.

We owe it to them to set aside our political differences and come to the table to find a bipartisan solution that secures their future.