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Civil forfeiture allows the government to take people's property on account of crime — without proving anyone guilty. But a local congressman is working to reform the practice and provide better due-process protections.
Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.), whose district abuts Toledo, and Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) have introduced what they call the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act. The name reflects the part of the Bill of Rights that binds the federal government to respect due process.
And that's what the bill would do.
In order to improve a community's future, you sometimes have to look at its past.
Walberg, alongside Andy's Angels founder Mike Hirst, toured the Jackson County Jail on Chanter Road Monday, March 6, meeting with inmates who have been affected by heroin.
The House on Thursday passed legislation aimed at increasing transparency in the regulatory process.
The Regulatory Integrity Act, backed by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), requires federal agencies to shed light on what happens behind the scenes when they are crafting new rules. The measure also prohibits regulators from drumming up public support for those rules.
The House voted 246-176 to pass the bill, with 14 Democrats crossing party lines to support the measure, and one Republican opposing it.
Congressman Walberg co-sponsored House Bill 1121 by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden. Called the Pre-Existing Conditions Protection Act, the bill aims to reaffirm guaranteed health care access, ensure that enrollees cannot have benefits excluded from a plan due to a pre-existing condition and that patients will not pay more based on their health care status.