WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today congratulating U.S. Rep. John Kline (R-MN) on becoming the new ranking Republican on the committee. Kline replaces U.S. Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), who recently left the panel to become ranking Republican for the House Armed Services Committee.
“Rep. Kline has been a diligent, hard-working member of our committee and I want to congratulate him on his new post. Our committee has a proud tradition of working together in a bipartisan way to improve the lives of America’s children, students, workers and families. I look forward to continuing this tradition and working with him in the busy months ahead to make college more affordable, strengthen retirement security, and fix our broken health care system so that all Americans have access to affordable, quality health care. Together, we can continue our critical mission of rebuilding our middle class and helping our economy recover.
“I’d also like to thank Rep. McKeon for his service to this committee as ranking member and chairman and congratulate him on his new role. Over the past few years, Rep. McKeon has been a leader on key issues, from increasing transparency and controlling skyrocketing college costs to increasing student aid for veterans to improving our nation’s education laws. With his partnership, we’ve passed critical, bipartisan laws to help expand college access for students, cut corrupt practices out of our student loan programs, and safeguard families’ access to low-cost federal student loans from economic turmoil. I look forward to continuing to work with him and I wish him the best of luck in his new post on the House Armed Services Committee.”
“I’d also like to thank Rep. McKeon for his service to this committee as ranking member and chairman and congratulate him on his new role. Over the past few years, Rep. McKeon has been a leader on key issues, from increasing transparency and controlling skyrocketing college costs to increasing student aid for veterans to improving our nation’s education laws. With his partnership, we’ve passed critical, bipartisan laws to help expand college access for students, cut corrupt practices out of our student loan programs, and safeguard families’ access to low-cost federal student loans from economic turmoil. I look forward to continuing to work with him and I wish him the best of luck in his new post on the House Armed Services Committee.”
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