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Following the President’s Speech about jobs to a Joint Session of Congress, Congressman Tim Walberg released the following statement:
“Job creation has been my number one priority since I took office, and I had hoped that the President was finally ready to join me in encouraging private sector job creation.
Today, Congressman Tim Walberg released the following statement:
“The President with the support of the previous Congress has spent a trillion dollars on a failed stimulus and trillions on a government takeover of healthcare. In less than a year, this Republican-led House has made significant progress to reverse course.We have passeda budget that cuts more than $38 billion for 2011,the first six spending bills for 2012 that return to pre-bailout, pre-stimulus levels, and the Ryan Budget that will save $5.8 trillion over ten years.”
Today, Congressman Tim Walberg released the following statement about the Budget Control Act:
“I am acutely concerned for the direction of the country, and the current path of mounting debt for future generations. I am working to achieve the largest possible spending cuts and long-term deficit reduction and spending reform.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords formally resigned from Congress this morning, just over a year after she was shot during a constituent event in Tucson, Arizona. Six people were killed and 13, including Giffords were injured.
Congressman Tim Walberg is encouraging constituents to support their local and small businesses this Saturday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The day will mark the 2nd annual “Small Business Saturday”, a national initiative to drive shoppers to small businesses in their own towns and cities. Small businesses create about 7 out of every 10 new jobs in the country and they employ just over half of the country’s private sector workforce.
Today Congressman Tim Walberg voted in favor of H.R. 3010, the Regulatory Accountability Act, which will require federal agencies to review the considerations of new regulations before imposing them on small businesses.
Specifically, this measure amends the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946, by requiring an agency to more accurately pinpoint regulations which are necessary to protect workers, and then find the least-costly alternative without jeopardizing public health, safety or welfare.
Today, U.S. Representative Tim Walberg voted in favor H.R. 10, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011. The bill requires that both Congress and the President approve of all new major rules created by federal agencies. A major rule is defined as any regulation which will have an annual economic cost of more than $100 million. Congressman Walberg is a co-sponsor of the bill.
U.S. Representative Tim Walberg voted in support of H.R. 3521, the Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act, and H.R. 3581, the Budget and Accounting Transparency Act. Both of these bills will cut wasteful spending, help reduce the nation’s debt and are part of a larger package of budget process reforms under consideration by the House.
Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform passed H.R. 3813, the Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act. H.R. 3813 would require federal employees contribute more towards their pension plans, bringing their pensions and total compensation more in line with the private sector.
Rep. Tim Walberg, a member of the Committee, released the following statement after the vote:
U.S. Representative Tim Walberg voted in support of H.R. 3582, the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act and H.R. 3578, the Baseline Reform Act. Both of these bills passed with bipartisan support and are part of a larger package of budget process reforms under consideration by the House to help gain control over and bring more accountability to federal spending.