John Kline

I will be the last speaker on our side, and will close. I think the other side has completed their speakers as well, so I reserve the balance of my time.

You are one of those agencies where everybody is busy all the time, coming up with new ideas and new approaches.

I have two speakers who will apparently not make it to the floor, so I reserve the balance of my time to close.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rokita), the chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. Brooks), another member of the committee.

Now, I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a member of the committee.

Now, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie), another member of the committee.

I now yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Nevada, Dr. Heck, another key member of the committee.

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 now yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg), the chair of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

It is now my great pleasure and honor to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the majority leader.

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.

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.

This amendment does improve the bill. I thank the gentlewoman for bringing it forward. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, although I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes.

This amendment improves the bill. I want to thank the gentlewoman for offering this amendment and bringing it forward and explaining it so eloquently. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida will be postponed. The Acting CHAIR. The Committee will rise informally. The…

I very much appreciate the work that Ms. Wilson and the other coauthors of this amendment have put into this. I think it helps the bill, and I would urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, although I do not oppose it. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I do appreciate the gentlelady's efforts to get information out there. As I said earlier, unfortunately, I want to be very, very careful in avoiding adding additional burdens or more red tape or more requirements to charter schools at the…

I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Chairman, my concern with the amendment is that this puts additional reporting requirements on the charter schools that are not required of traditional public schools. We are trying to make it easier, and we are…

I want to say to my colleague that I really appreciate her effort to ensure that all schools, both traditional public schools and public charter schools, share the information needed by parents. We agree on that point, and I believe that…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Poe of Texas). The gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes.