John Kline: “The purpose of today's hearing is not to assign blame. This isn't about us. It isn't about a press release or a bill…”

Chairman Kline's plan, composite plan will provide lifetime retirement income based on pool longevity, similar to defined benefit plans.

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

[The Every Student Succeeds Act] is clear: Education decision-making now rests with states and districts, and the federal role is to support and inform those decisions.

The Department chose, once again, to take an extreme partisan approach that will hurt the very people they claim they want to help.