John Kline

I agree with my friend and colleague, Mr. Scott, very excellent panel.

I look forward to working with you as we reauthorize this very successful program.

I strongly urge Secretary Burwell to work with us on that effort through the reauthorization process.

As policymakers, we have to answer a number of important questions.

Helping these children succeed in the classroom is a priority that has stretched across party lines for decades.

Good morning. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Head Start, a program that plays an important role in the lives of many children and families.

We want to see it succeed.

When we crafted this short piece of legislation, I have got to say, we were very, very concerned about losing the certainty and predictability that the dissenters talked about.

I believe that the dissenters have done a thorough and very good job in pointing out the difficulties that the Browning-Ferris decision poses.

The majority abandons a longstanding test that provided certainty and predictability and replaces it with an ambiguous standard that will impose unprecedented bargaining obligations on multiple entities.

Chairman Kline and Senator Lamar Alexander introduced the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act.

This commonsense legislation would simply roll back the NLRB's harmful decisions.

The decision discarded years of established labor policy to include employers who have indirect or even potential control.

This rule puts a real--puts that at risk.

I just want to be clear, is it your testimony that the Department of Health and Human Services has no intention of looking into this matter?

But the statute we think is pretty clear. And because there is so much confusion out there, and there is the uncertainty and arguably the inability to comply, we are hopeful that you will commit sooner rather than later to a delay of this…

I want to take the remainder of my time, no doubt, and I'll try to be brief, but there is an issue having to do with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that's just sitting out there that really, really needs to be addressed.

Can you commit to at least delay the impact of this, really, significant rule change for at least a year, and if not, why not?

The American people deserve a better approach.

We have an urgent responsibility to make sure the federal government is operating efficiently and effectively.

I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is expressing a concern here of parents, not of schoolteachers and principals who want to put together field trips. There is a great deal of anxiety on the part…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to take literally a few seconds to say I understand the gentleman's purpose here. I think this improves the bill. I support the amendment, and I urge my colleagues to vote for…

The rule is in fact quite complex.

I think there is nobody probably in this room and certainly up here who doesn't agree that financial advisers ought to be acting in the best interests of their client.

I think we are on the right track.