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Washington, D.C. – Rep Walberg voted in favor of H.R. 273, which prevents Members of Congress, the President's Cabinet, the Vice President, and other non-military federal employees from receiving an automatic pay-raise. The legislation would overturn an Executive Order issued by President Obama in December 2012 to provide federal employees with a 0.5 percent pay raise. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the President's Executive Order will cost $11 billion over ten years.
Washington, D.C. - Rep Walberg released the following statement following the President's State of the Union Address:
"It's disappointing the president has yet to produce a budget but then still calls for even more stimulus spending and higher taxes. We need to build a healthy economy to help hardworking taxpayers by making government live within its means and pursuing tax reform to encourage small business job creation and bring jobs back to America. I hope we can work together, in a thoughtful manner, to build a better future in Michigan."
By: Charles Slat
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, says the nation is in a fiscal fix because citizens have become too reliant upon government.
But the lawmaker says he's confident that in the weeks ahead progress will be made on framing a budget that includes a House proposal for surgical cuts that minimize the impact of sequester — massive automatic cuts in government spending across the board.
As a member of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, Rep. Tim Walberg spends a nice chunk of his time discussing educational issues in congress.
On Tuesday, Walberg spent time with educational leaders in Hillsdale County to talk about the issues facing county educators.
Walberg met with Hillsdale Intermediate School District Superintendent Mike Potts, HISD General Education Director Pat Dillon and Pittsford Superintendent Andy Shaw for more than an hour Tuesday at the Parke D. Hayes building.