Press Kit
For media inquiries, please contact Mike Rorke in Rep. Walberg’s Washington, D.C. office.
Mike Rorke
Communications Director
Phone: 202-225-6276
Fax: 202-225-6281
Short Biography:
Rep. Tim Walberg is currently serving his ninth term in Congress as the representative of southern Michigan, making him the Dean of the Michigan congressional delegation. The diverse constituency of Michigan’s 5th District encompasses Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, and St. Joseph Counties, along with portions of Berrien, Calhoun, and Kalamazoo Counties.
Based on his record of legislative accomplishment, Rep. Walberg was ranked by the Center for Effective Lawmaking, a non-partisan collaboration between Vanderbilt University and University of Virginia, as the most effective member of Michigan's congressional delegation in the 115th Congress.
In the 119th Congress, Rep. Walberg chairs the House Education and Workforce Committee, and serves on the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Rep. Walberg also served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1983 to 1999, and is proud to bring his reputation as a principled legislator, fiscal reformer, and defender of traditional values to Washington.
Background:
Prior to his time in public office, Rep. Walberg served as a pastor in Michigan and Indiana, as president of the Warren Reuther Center for Education and Community Impact, and as a division manager for Moody Bible Institute.
He and his wife Sue have been married for 49 years. They live in Tipton, Michigan, where they raised their three children: Matthew, Heidi and Caleb.
Committee Assignments:
House Committee on Education and Workforce
- Chairman