In the News

The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee has approved legislation intended to increase foreign gift reporting requirements for colleges and universities. Congressman Tim Walberg, chair of the committee, says the DETERRENT Act slashes the foreign gift reporting threshold for colleges and universities from $250,000 down to $50,000, with a stricter $0 for gifts from countries and entities of concern.

Wednesday’s actions marked the first bills reported out of the House education committee in the new session of Congress. As such, they provided an early indicator of the priorities for the committee under the new leadership of Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich.

Congressman Tim Walberg is welcoming House passage of the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, legislation that he co-sponsored.

While votes from Congress will decide if the U.S. Department of Education can be abolished, lawmakers can "right-size" the department and get back to basics, Rep. Tim Walberg, who chairs the House Education Committee, said Thursday on Newsmax.

“Chairman [Rep. Tim] Walberg is prepared to work with the Trump administration to hold agencies accountable and save taxpayer dollars.”

Congressman Tim Walberg has chaired his first meeting of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce.

The newly minted chairman of the U.S. House’s education and workforce committee said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Education needs to be dramatically scaled back.

Rep. Tim Walberg, chair of the Education and Workforce Committee, said he was “glad that we finally have an administration who is taking action to protect Jewish students.”