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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.
As I travel throughout Michigan's Seventh District, I have had the privilege of getting to know some incredible women who have made a lasting mark on our communities. Mary Smith from Coldwater is one of them. If you live in Branch County…
In other words, giving greatest attention to the parent and the student, the child, two key components that make that education opportune.
As a result, EPA staff members were unable to understand the scope of the lead problem until more than a year after the switch to untreated water.
You wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post ---- which stated the EPA's regional office was also provided with confusing, incomplete, and incorrect information.
You continue to not take responsibility, including writing articles about it.
I would respectfully ask Administrator McCarthy to consider scrapping the waters of the U.S. rule, as it is clear that EPA cannot currently handle the issues on its plate.
I am a proud Michigander, and I am proud of my State. I am proud of the things that are taking place.
I have documents here today that show your staff was receiving information about Legionnaire's in March of 2015.
But certainly you also heard testimonies I have heard all across my district of people who understand that.
That is a question that we need to keep asking, especially in context of how long we continue to put ourselves in harm's way.
Well, I mean, argument is one thing. Dealing with the job that you have is another thing.
How soon should she have taken action according to law and according to human decency as well?
Do you believe the people of Flint have at any time faced an imminent or substantial endangerment to their health?
I associate myself with your remarks and that of a Representative who had to do a tough thing yesterday to attend that funeral.
I think it is ill-advised. It is top-down management of a set of indicators that I don't think we can do effectively from the Federal level.
I express appreciation to my colleague who offers this amendment; yet I rise in opposition because, in fact, this amendment undermines a key provision of the Common Sense--I will repeat that--the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act…
I will respond just briefly to that. It is truly about making this information meaningful. I watch my wife go online on her iPhone to check calories all the time. She does it better than I do. But consumers are moving in that direction. I…
I want to start by thanking my friends, Dan Kildee and Chairman Upton, for their work on this bipartisan legislation and ensuring a swift congressional response to the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan. What have we learned, and what…
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