In the News
March 11, 2025
In the U.S. House, the GOP’s education efforts will be led by Rep. Tim Walberg, the new chair of the Education and Workforce Committee. Walberg, a veteran member of Michigan’s congressional delegation, replaces Rep. Virginia Foxx, who’d led the committee’s Republicans since 2017. I was curious to hear how Walberg’s approaching his new role and what we should expect to see over the next two years.
Issues:Education
March 7, 2025
Michigan U.S. Representatives Tim Walberg, Debbie Dingell and Bill Huizenga have introduced a bipartisan measure called the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act.
Issues:Local Issues
March 6, 2025
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) said he’s planning on reintroducing his bill to extend online privacy protections to many teen users soon, adding that he thinks the moment is ripe for it to pass.
March 6, 2025
Congressmen Tim Walberg and Bill Huizenga have joined Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell to introduce new legislation intended to help better understand fish populations in the Great Lakes.
Issues:Local Issues
March 5, 2025
Congressman Tim Walberg, who represents all southern Michigan counties including Lenawee released a statement in response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night.
March 4, 2025
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., told Newsmax on Tuesday that under President Donald Trump and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, universities that do not address antisemitism on campus will "wake up" once their federal funding is pulled.
Issues:Education
March 4, 2025
Rep. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Rep. Tim Walberg, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, recently sent letters to leaders of Oakland University — along with Eastern Michigan University and the University of Detroit Mercy — urging them to end the schools’ partnerships with several Chinese universities.
February 28, 2025
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), the chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, met Tuesday with Columbia students on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to discuss the experience of Jewish students on campus since former University President Minouche Shafik testified before the committee on April 17, 2024.
Issues:Education
February 28, 2025
Republicans are demanding records showing the extent to which the Biden administration used taxpayer money to defend its position that student-athletes are employees of the universities for which they play. Representatives Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and Rick Allen, R-Ga., made the request in a letter to Marvin Kaplan, the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) newly appointed chairman, and acting General Counsel William Cowen.
February 27, 2025
A local high school student was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, after receiving a call from his U.S. representative Jan. 6. Miles Brown, a senior at Hillsdale High School, checked his phone to find a voicemail from Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, who said Brown had been accepted.
Issues:Michigan Values