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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.
The gentlelady just said that we should be addressing legislation to create jobs. That's exactly what we are doing today. At this time I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor…
I have serious concerns that additional cuts could threaten our ability to conduct rigorous oversight while carrying out our legislative responsibilities.
I remain confident that our team will be able to maintain our current workflow and carry out our agenda for 2012.
Congress should focus on creating incentives for practitioners to want to incorporate findings from the best research into their programs centered around the performance of schools.
I would argue that at a time when we are running huge, huge deficits you have added 300 more government employees.
As I understand it, the reporting of this fraud came from the schools; is that correct?
I am absolutely clear, I would like to hear from both of you that you are adamantly opposed to that happening, to changing those retirement benefits for our serving men and women.
I am very concerned that we honor your pledge to keep faith with those who have served.
I want to thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your comments about responsibly disengaging from Afghanistan and not precipitously so.
It is a shame that this Committee is wasting its resources on another piece of legislation that attacks the National Labor Relations Board.
We believe that the current actions of the board are injurious to workers, denying them the opportunity to hear all sides of the debate.
Expansive changes to workforce policy should be vetted by the people's elected representatives.
Under the board's ambush elections proposal, employers will have just 7 days to find legal representation.
The National Labor Relations Board is wreaking havoc on the nation's workforce, and it must be stopped.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for holding the hearing. Thank you, Dr. Michaels, Director Michaels, Assistant Secretary Michaels.
I think that is going to be very hard to do, and there is a reason why it has not really been changed in all these years.
I do believe it is incumbent upon us to provide some checks to what that board is doing.
Specialty health care from my perspective, unless Mr. Martin can prevail somehow on the NLRB to reverse what it just did, is the most significant reversal in the recent history of board law.
If we are correct that the overwhelming community of interest test has now been implemented, that is another reversal of 30 plus years of precedent.
Congress cannot stand by and allow an unelected board to wreak havoc on our workforce. We must stand up and do the job we were sent here to do.
The NLRB's assault on American workers and job creators is undermining our nation's ability to grow and prosper.
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