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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.

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Mar 21, 2016

Education research has long played an important role in our nation's classrooms.

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Mar 15, 2016

The most productive worker in the world is the American worker and we need to be telling our worker that more because they feel very beat down.

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Mar 15, 2016

I think that action has helped secure the retirement of millions of workers and retirees, and you and the rest of the Administration were instrumental in its passage.

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Mar 15, 2016

I find that when you announce your retiring, you get friends everywhere and I do not understand exactly what that means.

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Mar 15, 2016

The overtime rules are also outdated, denying men and women the ability to balance work with their personal or family needs.

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Mar 15, 2016

Our success in these areas demonstrates what is possible when extreme policies are set aside and we work together in good faith toward a common goal.

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Mar 15, 2016

If we applied the same regulatory regime on the medical profession, patients would have less access to trusted physicians.

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Mar 15, 2016

We need to do better, and there are opportunities to do better.

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Mar 15, 2016

The only way to do that is for the administration to work with members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans.

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Mar 15, 2016

I strongly encourage you to take a step back and build bipartisan consensus in these and other important areas.

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Mar 14, 2016

I think these guidelines are going to cost people their lives.

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Mar 14, 2016

We firmly believe the president's health care law is fatally flawed and unsustainable.

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Mar 14, 2016

Paying more for less is becoming a hallmark of the health care law.

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Mar 14, 2016

The president's health care law... continues to hurt working families, students, and small businesses.

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Mar 14, 2016

This flawed law continues to hurt working families, students, and small businesses.

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Feb 24, 2016

I do not think anyone intended for science and social studies or art and music to get less attention when No Child Left Behind was adopted, but the reality is in many places, they did.

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Feb 24, 2016

The administration is proposing a scheme that will leave the department in charge of picking winners and losers.

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Feb 24, 2016

Congress promised to reduce the federal role and restore local control, and we intend to keep our promise.

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Feb 24, 2016

Replacing No Child Left Behind was a significant achievement that was desperately needed and long overdue.

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Feb 24, 2016

Congress promised to reduce the Federal role and restore local control, and we intend to keep our promise.

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Feb 24, 2016

We appreciate the work the Department has done in issuing initial guidance as States begin the process of transitioning to the new law.

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Feb 24, 2016

The Every Student Succeeds Act is a positive step forward in K-12 education.

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Feb 24, 2016

I strongly encourage the department to follow the letter of the law as we put this program into place.

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Feb 23, 2016

The regulations that were put in to make schools accountable is needed, especially Title IX, for women to be able to have the moneys so that they can have their sports.

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Feb 23, 2016

Paying more for less is becoming a hallmark of the health care law.

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