Skip to main content

Media

Latest News

Image
ZacharyBinroth
June 24, 2015
 

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) welcomed Zachary Binroth, the winner of the 2015 Congressional Art competition for the 7th District, to Washington, D.C. today. Zachary is a rising senior at Jackson High School and he received first place for his charcoal drawing entitled "Interference." It features a woman who is spouting knowledge and a boy who struggles to remember everything he must learn.

Issues:Local Issues

June 24, 2015
Opinion Editorial

I come home to Michigan every weekend for many reasons. My wife, my farm, and my truck are all here.

It's also allows me the privilege of directly listening to your common sense concerns and solutions so I can effectively be your voice in Congress.

From roundtables to coffee hours to town hall meetings, I frequently hear about the growing regulatory burden imposed by Washington bureaucrats who have little to no knowledge about what's best for our communities.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a prime example.

Issues:Agriculture

June 23, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) voted today for the Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act, which repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) established under President Obama's health care law. The IPAB was created to consist of 15 members with sweeping powers to cut Medicare spending without any input from Congress.

June 18, 2015
A Republican congressman from Michigan is sponsoring a bill he says would protect pregnant women from potential discrimination by employers.

U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced the legislation Wednesday in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that pregnant workers may sue over a denial of accommodations afforded to workers with disabilities.

June 15, 2015
Opinion Editorial

THERE ARE obscure but important issues in Washington, and then there's the reform of worker compensation for federal employees — where the importance-to-obscurity ratio is especially high. Kudos to President Obama for repeatedly tackling the issue in his budget proposals, including his most recent one, and to Rep.


June 15, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) released the following statement after voting for a bipartisan resolution introduced by Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) calling for the release of Americans who are imprisoned in Iran, including former Marine Amir Hekmati from Flint, Pastor Saeed Abedini, journalist Jason Rezaian, and Robert Levinson.

June 12, 2015
Washington, DC – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) released the following statement regarding his vote on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which establishes the guidelines for Congress and the President for negotiating future trade agreements. In Michigan, more than 1.2 million jobs are dependent on American trade.

June 11, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) voted today for the FY16 Department of Defense Appropriations Act which funds critical national security needs, military operations to combat ISIS and other threats, and a 2.3% pay raise and other health and safety programs for our troops and their families. The legislation also included two amendments offered by Walberg to help ensure an appropriate use of American taxpayer dollars in Afghanistan and to protect hospitals that administer TRICARE from government overreach.

June 5, 2015
Opinion Editorial
By U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg and State Rep. Kevin Cotter

"Kind of like pennies from heaven. It gets you a toy or something that you need, is the way we typically look at it."

That's how the Chief of Police from Columbia, Missouri, once described civil asset forfeiture, the process by which law enforcement can seize the personal property — whether cash, cars or personal computers — from Americans with little to no evidence the property was involved in criminal activity.