John Kline

It could have a combination of tuition increases, service reductions, and possibly layoffs.

Those same voices now claim this overtime rule will provide a pay raise for millions of Americans. It won't.

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

Now we have an overtime rule that will do more harm than good, particularly for lower-income workers and younger Americans.

The same voices now claim this overtime rule will provide a pay raise for millions of Americans. It won't.

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

Trial lawyers profit while workers are denied their fair share under a broken regulatory system.

The regulatory onslaught under this administration is unprecedented.

Thank you to the witnesses for being here, excellent testimony.

It is like an indictment of a lot of people in an oversight role and a management role.

I sincerely hope that you will be able to provide us with a plan of action and describe steps you are taking to address this situation.

The law is the law, and it must be followed.

Enough is enough. The Corporation needs to be held accountable for the way it spends taxpayer dollars and that's why we are here today.

Revoking this grant would be a good start, but it is also important to recognize that this is not an isolated incident.

On behalf of the committee, I am renewing this call today, Ms. Spencer.

I agree 100 percent, we need to look at the funding and we need to fund more of these programs so these young people can come out and do productive things.

I urge all of you to ensure that every child in America has the same opportunities as I did.

This is an important conversation to have now because an anemic economy has made good-paying jobs hard to come by.

Strengthening career and technical education should be the next step in that important effort.

Finally, it means ensuring a limited Federal role.

It means equipping students with the skills they need for today's in demand jobs, not the skills that were needed in yesterday's workforce.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. For several years now--about 7--we have heard from Americans, we have heard from employers, and we have heard from families that the American economy, the American people, and employers are under an…

Many of us were disappointed the Senate was unable to push the bill across the finish line in the last Congress.

The institute has helped provide greater transparency and accountability and has helped implement successful education practices in countless schools.

The partnership was reaffirmed in 2002 when Congress passed the Education Sciences Reform Act.