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Congressman Tim Walberg has chaired his first meeting of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce.

The newly minted chairman of the U.S. House’s education and workforce committee said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Education needs to be dramatically scaled back.

Rep. Tim Walberg, chair of the Education and Workforce Committee, said he was “glad that we finally have an administration who is taking action to protect Jewish students.”

The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce is calling for an inquiry into how college athletics spending impacts student fees. 

The act, named after Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student murdered by an undocumented immigrant in 2024, has stirred significant debate. Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-05), who supported the bill, emphasized its role in “safeguarding our communities from violent crime.”

President Trump’s issuing of tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China that he announced over the weekend are designed to stem illegal immigration and drug flow into the US. Michigan Republican Congressman Tim Walberg is backing the President.