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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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Sep 16, 2014

As the old saying goes, 'justice delayed is justice denied.'

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Sep 16, 2014

It isn't right and it is EEOC's mission to help stop it from happening.

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Sep 16, 2014

Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your suggestions, as well. That is what a subcommittee process is for.

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Sep 16, 2014

the chances of any of these bills getting enacted in the 113th Congress are about as remote as the Red Sox getting into the playoffs.

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Sep 10, 2014

Although criminal forfeiture laws have been an important tool and a useful tool for law enforcement, civil asset forfeiture has been used too many times to seize, forfeit, and indeed profit off the property of Americans without even…

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Jul 24, 2014

They say where there is smoke, there is fire, and as far as the IRS is concerned, with their credibility, they are engulfed in flames. Just this week, IRS staff testified to the Oversight Committee that they may still have some of Lois…

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Jul 23, 2014

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 6, strike ``An eligible'' and insert the following: ``(A) In general.--An eligible''. Page 2, after…

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Jul 23, 2014

And rise in support of H.R. 5111. Today, Mr. Speaker, the House of Representatives continues its commitment to providing the necessary tools and policies to help reduce child sex trafficking and better serve these victims in the United…

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Jul 23, 2014

With the dramatic rise in the cost of obtaining a college degree which we have witnessed over the last decade, it has become even more important to focus on ways to remove Federal roadblocks which prevent efforts to make higher education…

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Jul 22, 2014

The current rules and regulations surrounding the law are exceptionally complex and outdated.

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Jul 22, 2014

Confused and uncertain and stepped over the line.

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Jul 22, 2014

As litigation has increased, the number of guidance documents issued by the department has sharply declined.

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Jul 22, 2014

You would think employers are engaged in some coordinated national conspiracy to deny workers their rights.

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Jul 15, 2014

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

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Jul 15, 2014

I thank my colleague from New York for his concern about this. I am concerned as well. I appreciate the fact what the chairman has said, that this expands the reach; it expands the authority. If, indeed, all of our agencies had a…

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Jul 14, 2014

I thank my colleagues from Arizona and Maryland for their support in bringing this forward. It is with a heavy heart that I rise today in support of H.R. 3534, legislation I introduced to designate the postal facility located at 113 West…

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Jul 10, 2014

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

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Jul 10, 2014

Of course, why would I do that would be the opportunity to lead. Opportunity to set policy, opportunity to expand, to encourage people to do a better job.

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Jul 10, 2014

I thank the chair for the good work done on this piece of legislation, but I offer an amendment that would prohibit the use of funds to carry out a national media campaign to promote alternative green technologies. In 2007, Congress…

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Jul 10, 2014

We have public servants that are serving at the will of the people expressed through us in establishing departments, in establishing agencies, establishing thrusts are necessary for the ongoing of this government.

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Jul 9, 2014

We want to make sure that they are cared for appropriately. We want to make sure the taxpayers are cared for appropriately, as well.

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Jul 9, 2014

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, a bill born out of the substantial efforts of Chairman Kline, Congresswoman Foxx, and the House Education and the Workforce…

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Jun 24, 2014

The OIG confirmed $200,000, and her management of that, her administration of that allowed that to happen over the course of a decade.

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