John Kline: “I hope that we can come to agreement on this and make it work in the private sector as well”

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

It could have a combination of tuition increases, service reductions, and possibly layoffs.

I cannot State emphatically enough that far-reaching reform, fiscal responsibility, and bipartisanship must be the principles that guide us as we work to solve this problem.

This regulatory scheme is an attempt to accomplish something Congress specifically chose not to do.