John Kline: “The advances made in charter schools... have helped lift all those boats.”

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.

Part of the way we need to approach these solutions is to adopt reforms that address the structural flaws within the plans.

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

Republicans and Democrats have a history of bipartisan cooperation on this issue.