Now, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie), another member of the committee.
John Kline
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John Kline is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota's 2nd congressional district from 2003 to 2017. During his tenure, Kline served on several key committees, including the Education and the Workforce Committee, where he focused on education reform and workforce development. He was known for his advocacy of school choice and efforts to reduce federal involvement in education. Kline also played a role in military and veterans' affairs, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps prior to his political career.
I submit the following explanation of Manager's Views for H.R. 803. The entire Statement of Managers to Accompany the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act can be found in the Congressional Record on June 25, 2014 (beginning on S3982)…
Now I am very, very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), the principal author of the SKILLS Act, which got this ball rolling.
Now, I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a member of the committee.
It is now my great pleasure and honor to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the majority leader.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act maintains without change from the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 a nondiscrimination requirement. The requirement not only prohibits participating organizations from discriminating against…
I now yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg), the chair of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Now, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Tennessee, Dr. Roe, the chair of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
May I inquire as to the time remaining on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Black). The gentleman from Minnesota has 11 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.
I have two speakers who will apparently not make it to the floor, so I reserve the balance of my time to close.
So it has the perverse effect of actually putting up employment barriers, which we were trying in the first place to eliminate employer barriers, employment barriers, barriers to employment by the original act.
It seems to me that this would add to uncertainty on the part of employers and would make it less likely that they would make new hires.





