Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) released the following joint statement today after Howard Shelanski, administrator for the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), declined to testify at an upcoming hearing on the employer mandate delay: |
WASHINGTON, D.C.– House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) today sent a letter to the Department of Labor requesting documents and communications concerning its recent decision to overturn decades of policy and apply Davis-Bacon wage requirements to survey technicians. |
Rep Walberg Helps Introduce Legislation to Repeal Obamacare Definition of Full-Time Employment
Washington, D.C. - Today Rep Walberg helped introduce the Save American Workers (SAW) Act with Representatives Todd Young (IN), Pete Olson (TX), and Mike Kelly (PA) to repeal the 30-hour definition of "full-time employment" under the Affordable Care Act and replace it with the traditional 40-hour definition.
Rep Walberg released the following on the legislation's introduction:
Rep Walberg Welcomes 2013 Congressional Art Competition Winner to Washington, D.C
Washington, D.C. - Rep Tim Walberg welcomed the 2013 Congressional Art competition winner for the 7th district to Washington D.C. this week. Emily Phillips is a senior at Airport High School and her acrylic painting entitled, "St Patrick's Rectory" will be part of a yearlong display in the Cannon Tunnel to the U.S. Capitol with other winning pieces from high school students around the country.
Washington, D.C. –Rep. Walberg released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which passed the U.S. House:
"Every year, over 1.2 million unborn children die at the hands of abortionists, suffering excruciating pain. As a father and grandfather this sickens me. The Kermit Gosnell trial shed more light on the atrocities that go on behind closed doors, but we need to do more to prevent similar cases, and protect the lives of women, babies and the unborn," commented Rep Walberg following the vote.
Washington, D.C. – Today Rep Walberg voted in favor of H.R. 2216, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. H.R. 2216 will provide the nation's military with the funding they need to maintain military infrastructure while continuing to fund veterans' benefits and programs. The bill passed with bipartisan support by a vote of 421-4.