John Kline

We will not put a child in a program that is putting that child at risk.

I share your concerns that we need to constantly look at the quality and improvement.

Shouldn't the administration withdraw it and work with Congress to reauthorize TANF?

Isn't it time for the president to admit we can do better than a flawed health care law that is raising costs and destroying jobs?

The answer is a resounding no. The 1996 bipartisan welfare reform law has helped reduce poverty and strengthen the income-security of millions of needy families.

Isn't it time for the President to admit we can do better than a flawed health care law that is raising costs and destroying jobs?

The law will lead to either higher prices for his customers or fewer hours for employees.

As many as 20 million individuals will lose their current plan.

The President promised to lower health care premiums for the average family by $2,500, but premiums rose 4 percent last year and 9 percent the year before.

The gains students achieve in the program are essentially lost by the time they graduate from the first grade.

The economy continues to move along at an anemic pace and the national debt will soon reach an astonishing $17 trillion.

If an overwhelming majority of the lowest-performing grantees are going forward I am a little--you can see where I am going----

I certainly hope you are not hearing from me on July 1st about that.

We need information, we have responsibilities here to legislate and provide oversight, and we don't get the answers.

It gets very frustrating, of course, for us here as we look for information from the departments.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

America tried to enact meaningful health reform for nearly a century but we couldn't make it happen until President Obama and a Democratic Congress finally made it happen.

Repeal is unacceptable because it will take away these important benefits already in law.

This is outrageous, especially at a time when the Affordable Care Act is coming into full effect.

These kids can't afford to lose access to Head Start.

These programs and proposals have received bipartisan support in the past and they should have bipartisan support today and in the future.

I'd like to yield 3 minutes to another member of the committee, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Messer).

In order to balance the speakers, I reserve the balance of my time.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), a member of the committee.

I'm now pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), the vice chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee.