John Kline: “This amendment does improve the bill. I thank the gentlewoman for bringing it forward. I urge my colleagues to support…”

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.

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.

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

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