John Kline: “The regulatory onslaught under this administration is unprecedented.”

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

You can trust that we will abide by the letter of the law as we move forward.

The law explicitly prohibits the secretary from interfering, yet that is precisely what your proposal would do.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the witnesses for being with us today. Excellent testimony, as we're trying to solve the problem that some of us have been dealing with for a long time.