Tim Walberg

We have to make sure that our systems are working to keep this terrible, cruel element out of our society.

We expect that the overwhelming majority of them are as frustrated as we are in trying to deal with the problem.

And again, it is not the ICE agents. It is the administration that isn't doing what is necessary or at least pushing for the funds, the resources, the systems in place to make sure that we have that capability.

I was just sitting here thinking in listening to all of this of what it would be like to have this same persuader rule for political campaigns.

Accountable leadership, go back to that. What does that mean?

I say thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to my colleagues for their hard work on this package of bills to rein in the IRS and make it more accountable to taxpayers. Earlier this week, the taxpayers in my home State of Michigan and…

This hearing is timely, because next week marks 45 years that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has helped keep America's workers safe.

We do not want to go backwards to what China is doing. We do not want to give our products away to China either.

The 2.3 million workers, mostly in construction, who will gain protection under OSHA's updated rule deserve our support.

We're here today because we all agree that hardworking men and women should be able to earn a paycheck without risking a serious injury or being exposed to a deadly disease.

There is no price for a life. It is important.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the heat is on, right, to perform.

Talk to any small-business owner, and they will tell you how challenging it is to operate in this environment: heavyhanded regulations, confusing paperwork requirements, a complex and unfair Tax Code. I hear it all the time as I travel…

One man's opinion in an overlarge Federal Government, but nonetheless.

That doesn't seem to get in touch with reality of trying to live within one's means.

How did that account end up almost half a billion dollars over target?

the rules and regulations guiding the implementation of the Fair Labor Standards Act are too complex.

It doesn't provide certainty.

The problem is that a lot has changed in our workplaces over the 80 years, and federal wage and hour rules have not kept up.

It's good to have the opportunity to learn more about how policies and proposals coming out of Washington are affecting workers and employers both in Michigan and across the country.

Americans deserve better than the changes that led to these kinds of consequences.

I would argue that in the case of the proposed overtime rule that there's a really big problem with that...

Millions of men and women are struggling to find jobs. Millions of others are working part-time jobs when what they really need and want is full-time work.

We remain willing and ready to work toward that goal. However, we also remain insistent that we do so responsibly.

Our concern, though, in the governmental entity is making sure that we don't just regulate on the basis of the small number of bad actors or mistakes that take place, but we do something that fosters the growth of those that are doing the…