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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.

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.

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.

Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05) and fellow Michigan Republican lawmakers have called on newly confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to visit Michigan and discuss efforts to secure the northern border.

In early February, Tim Walberg, incoming chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, asked GAO to investigate college sports.

Congressman Tim Walberg and members of the Michigan Republican Delegation have sent a congratulatory message to the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and have invited her to discuss Michigan’s increased border protection.

Walberg has introduced the Protecting International Pipelines for Energy Security, or PIPES, Act, which would prohibit sole executive authority for revoking permits for the construction or operation of cross-border energy infrastructure facilities.

Two members of Congress are asking three more Michigan universities to shut down joint research endeavors with Chinese universities.