Did you hear that because of sequestration, 115,000 traditional National Guard forces will not receive their annual medical or dental examinations ? The Guard says: “This reduction in examinations will bring total force medical readiness down by 39 percent.” Heck, if this Republican-controlled House is willing to inflict sequestration on our military — even as [...]
John Kline’s (R-MN-02) press release paints a pretty picture : Kline Provision Included in National Defense Bill 06/06/13 WASHINGTON – The House Armed Services Committee passed the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) early this morning. The bill, H.R. 1960, passed with bipartisan support and included important legislation introduced by Minnesota Congressman John [...]
Every once in a while even Washington can put things in the simplest of terms: #NoBudgetNoPay. My statement: kline.house.gov/press-releases… #stribpol — John Kline (@repjohnkline) January 23, 2013 The January 23rd Kline press release outlines Step One : “Every once in a while even Washington can put things in the simplest of terms: No budget, no [...]
Last week, we had not one, but two bridge failures; one in Washington state (right), the other in Missouri (below right). The week before that, we had a massive train crash due apparently to a cracked rail. One might say, those were not bridges too far, but that didn’t go far enough. In other words, [...]
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Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) penned an OpEd with Jim Gerlach (R-PA-06) encouraging the repeal the Medical Device Excise Tax (MDET) … warning of dire consequences that thus far seem to be largely overblown. For example, John Kline (R-MN-02) visited a Covidien operation in Wabasha Minnesota on February 21st and reported on the need to repeal MDET. [...]
The Republican mid-term election game plan was outlined in Erza Klein’s column on Friday : Step 1 : Create problems for Obamacare. Step 2 : Blame Obamacare for the problems. Step 3 : Political profit ! So it was not a surprise that on Earth Day, the Star-Tribune would waste a few trees with an [...]
WASHINGTON – Minnesota Congressman John Kline issued the following statement today offering his support for the House Republican budget, “The Path to Prosperity: A Responsible Balanced Budget:” “While Democrats make vague promises about ‘a balanced approach’ that includes $1 trillion in tax increases and continues the cycle of unsustainable spending, House Republicans have offered a [...]
Politicians regularly offer “free” advice of areas of federal spending that they deem wasteful, but let’s be honest “Talk” is cheap … yet, it is the “cost” to print that makes “talk” expensive. Listen to the advice and concerns expressed by Rob Woodall (R-GA-07) on the sequester that the cuts didn’t go down the way [...]
Once again, Friday brought another Jobs Report and no press release from John Kline (R-MN-02) the Chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee. So here’s the word from Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi who released the following statement after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 236,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02) expressed his concerns about mandatory federal budget cuts, “The cuts are mindless cuts — Republicans and Democrats would like to have an alternative to sequestration. We don’t want sequestration, because these cuts are not prioritized cuts.” The impact has been slow … and thus far, citizen have not seen any impact … [...]
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