Press Releases

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) announced today the 2016 Congressional App Challenge, an app competition for high school students in Michigan's 7th District. This nationwide contest is designed to highlight the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education by providing an opportunity for a student or a team of students to create an application for a mobile phone, tablet, or computer.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Senior Advisor Cameron Davis joined Michigan Office of the Great Lakes Director Jon Allan, Monroe Mayor Robert Clark and local partners in Monroe, Mich., to mark the near completion of restoration work at the River Raisin Area of Concern.

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) voted today for the Survivors' Bill of Rights Act, bipartisan legislation to provide protections and access to a legal process for survivors of sexual assault. H.R. 5578 ensures that sexual assault survivors in federal criminal cases have a right to a sexual assault evidence collection kit, are notified in writing before the kit is destroyed, the ability to request preservation of the kit, and are informed of important results from a forensic examination.

Jackson, Mich.—Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) announced today he will be hosting a series of Vietnam veteran lapel-pinning ceremonies in commemoration of the 50-year anniversary of the Vietnam War. Events will be taking place all across the 7th District, and the first one is scheduled with Washtenaw County veterans on Thursday, July 21 at the Saline American Legion.