John Kline: “President Obama recognizes education as an investment and not an expense.”

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.

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.

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.