John Kline

I mean it is just sort of an envelope slid under the door; a very, very strange, I would opine, way of communicating with the Congress of the United States.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to the witnesses for being here.

We should be very shocked that it is happening here.

It is unconscionable for the Office of Management and Budget, for our government to be telling companies that they should break the law and that they will pick up the penalties for doing this.

It was never the objective of Gramm-Rudman to trigger sequester.

The fact of the matter is sequestration is something that both sides have their skin in the game.

I am quite disappointed that we are not in session next week.

I am disappointed the administration has refused to cooperate in good faith with this committee's oversight investigation into this matter.

It is really, really exciting testimony. Really exciting stuff.

Is it your testimony that Chairman Roe and I and others who have expressed concerns about the NLRB acting right now when their constitutionality is challenged are 'serving the narrow interests of the 1 percent.'

Thank you for testifying at the Committee on Education and the Workforce's February 5, 2013 hearing entitled, 'Challenges and Opportunities Facing America's Schools and Workplaces.'

I know there are sharp differences on the committee, in the Congress, and across the capital city.

I believe one of the biggest challenges facing our schools and workplaces is the numerous insurance mandates and hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on employers in the Affordable Care Act.

It is unconscionable that the Federal government will be taxing schools and employers to the point where student instruction may suffer.

These requirements and penalties likely will raise the cost of coverage and increase financial pressures on employers.

This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience.

We are all committed to eradicating sexual assault in our Armed Forces, but first, we have to respect the victim's need for urgent and sure justice.

These young men and women have earned the respect of the Nation.

We will accept nothing less.

Over the past 5 years, Republicans and Democrats have joined forces to put real reforms in place.

Make no mistake, Congress shares the responsibility for preventing sexual assault within the military and assuring victims that their cases will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

I hope we are going to be able to come together and do something about this, because it is a multifaceted problem.

I am determined to keep after this because where we have some plans that are spectacularly in trouble.

At this time, I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to a member of the committee, the subcommittee chair, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).

I'm pleased now to yield 2 minutes to a distinguished member of the committee, the gentlelady from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).