John Kline: “In K-12, ESEA flexibility has provided crucial space for innovation and system-wide improvement.”

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.

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.

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.

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