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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 16, 2011

Rather than restrict access to an entire sector of colleges, we need to empower individuals to make informed decisions about their education and career goals.

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Mar 16, 2011

We appreciate the overwhelming, bipartisan vote in the House to push the pause button on this regulation.

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Mar 16, 2011

We cannot meet this goal by launching an assault against an entire sector of higher education.

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Mar 16, 2011

The proposed GE rule is so bad, however, in our estimation, for our students and our country that we have no alternative but to ask the legislative branch to stop it being implemented.

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Mar 10, 2011

I understand there is an alternative in the regulation that was supposed to address this, why isn't that good enough?

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Mar 10, 2011

We hope that you are looking at this vigorously. We hope that there is cooperation with the SEC and that we will get an answer.

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Mar 8, 2011

I am sure in many cases we are not. I concur there. But we are so far off.

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Mar 8, 2011

But my question goes back to we keep spending more money, and at some point it has got to stop.

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Mar 8, 2011

We can't afford to lose a generation of children because our best intentions didn't work as well as they should have.

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Mar 8, 2011

It is no secret our current education system is failing.

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Mar 8, 2011

Despite the near tripling of overall per-pupil funding since 1965, national academic performance has not improved.

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Mar 8, 2011

We have to be truthful with each other and truthful with the American people about what is and isn't working.

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