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Tim Walberg

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Tim Walberg is an American politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th congressional district, a position he has held since January 5, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Walberg has focused on various issues during his tenure, including education and fiscal policy. He has been vocal about the challenges facing education in the United States, recently commenting on the decline in NAEP scores in subjects like math and reading.

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Jun 12, 2023

They ended up being human trafficked. That is my concern, and we are expecting you, your agency, to make sure that that does not happen.

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Jun 12, 2023

What is being foisted on our kids these days, relative to things we would not have countenanced just three, four, 5 years ago.

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Jun 6, 2023

This lack of response, and with all due respect, and without pounding the table, I frankly want to ask for your continued help in working with your staff to make sure these issues that we request are made.

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Jun 6, 2023

With 10 million unfilled jobs, why would we do this?

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Jun 6, 2023

On May 25th, Madam Secretary, I, along with Chairwoman Foxx and Representative Chavez Dreamer, sent you a letter asking for specific information about migrant children who are being trafficked and working illegally in the United States.

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Jun 6, 2023

I also want to take a note to express appreciation for my friend and colleague from Connecticut, highlighting the continuing success of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, in impacting the economy and the growth of jobs.

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Jun 6, 2023

I am concerned that changes at this time with recent significant increases in inflation, lingering supply chain problems, worker shortages across the country, and a potential recession on the horizon, may be devastating to our economic…

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Jun 6, 2023

That is the concern that many people will lose access to common sense financial counseling at a level that they can afford, and they can pay for.

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May 22, 2023

General Counsel Abruzzo is disregarding the plain text of the NLRA and Supreme Court precedent in order to tilt the scales in favor of unions and undermine employee free choice and employer rights.

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May 22, 2023

Connecting rural Michiganders is one of my top priorities.

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May 22, 2023

To avoid this, we need better interagency coordination.

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May 22, 2023

I certainly would encourage that flexibility, and as--the less complexity as possible to get to that would be helpful as well.

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May 22, 2023

Fiber is great... but it is not the only option.

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May 15, 2023

Did your Department have any role in advising the NEA or the AFT on their public relations strategies, yes or no?

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May 15, 2023

Well, we are expecting the Secretary of Education to stand up to the teachers' union when they are wrong.

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May 15, 2023

They seem to have veto power with this.

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May 15, 2023

Parents knew that school closures were harming their children, and they needed to get back in the classroom as quickly as possible.

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May 10, 2023

Today, I introduced with my colleague, Representative Rochester, the Immersive Technology for American Workforce Act.

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May 10, 2023

Through the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act, WIOA, we have an opportunity to address America's workforce challenges.

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May 10, 2023

America's workforce needs to have drastically change how Americans access education, and workforce development has changed as well.

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Apr 26, 2023

I am extremely concerned how common and easy it is for apps to collect, store, and sell children's data.

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Apr 26, 2023

A comprehensive privacy law would fill many of the gaps we discussed today.

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Apr 25, 2023

For the middle-income person, that is not their car of choice.

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Apr 25, 2023

What we do here will just put us behind other polluters that aren't going to clean up their world, like China.

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Apr 25, 2023

Let's let the engineers and let's let the consumers decide what they want and what they need.

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