John Kline: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for the hearing and thanks for allowing me to question.”

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

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.

Workers and retirees must have peace of mind when it comes to their hard-earned retirement benefits.

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.