John Kline: “I am very, very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee, Dr. Roe, chairman of the Subcommittee on…”

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

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.

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.

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