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May 19, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) today applauded the House Judiciary Committee for introducing bipartisan legislation to curb civil asset forfeiture abuse, building on his two-year push to protect the American people's due process and private property rights.


May 13, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today introduced the Regulatory Integrity Act to provide greater transparency to the federal government's rulemaking process. The legislation, H.R. 5226, is in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's covert propaganda efforts during the public rulemaking process for the flawed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.


May 13, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) voted today for comprehensive legislation to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic as he continues to seek bipartisan solutions to improve people's lives. The targeted 18 bipartisan bills that passed the House this week form a single package that will go to a conference committee with the Senate.


May 12, 2016


Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) continued his bipartisan work to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic by voting for the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act. H.R. 5046 would establish a comprehensive opioid abuse reduction program at the Department of Justice and give states and localities the flexibility to tailor prevention and treatment efforts to the specific needs of their communities.


May 11, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) today supported a series of bipartisan bills to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic, including legislation he helped introduce to strengthen safeguards to ensure infants born into a life of drug addiction are safely cared for and protected. H.R.


April 29, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) today introduced "Jessie's Law," a bipartisan bill named after Michigan resident Jessie Grubb who tragically died earlier this year of an opioid overdose. Jessie's Law would help ensure doctors have access to a consenting patient's prior history of addiction in order to make fully informed care and treatment decisions. Providing this information would help prevent cases like Jessie's, where a recovering addict in Ann Arbor was unknowingly prescribed and discharged with a powerful opioid that led to her death.


April 28, 2016

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) today spoke on the House floor to encourage residents of Michigan's 7th District to participate in the DEA's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The service provides an opportunity for citizens to safely and securely dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at an authorized disposal site in their community.


April 27, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) voted today for the Email Privacy Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen and modernize our nation's electronic communications laws that were first enacted in 1986. The bill would enhance privacy protections for consumers and require the government to obtain a warrant in order to access online communications stored by a third-party service providers.
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