Tim Walberg

Sequestration is a terrible thing to happen.

Hardworking taxpayers in Michigan and across the country live within their means in large part because they create responsible budgets. It's only natural that they expect the same from their government. A balanced budget is important to…

I thank my colleague, the gentleman from New Jersey, and I thank you for your leadership as a medical doctor. It is a real special thing in this Chamber that we have pro-life patriots who represent medicine, the profession of law, mothers…

Article I, section 2: ``The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most…

As the Representative of a district that recorded more than $2 billion in exports last year, I know full well the significance of expanding market access for American companies and ensuring that our businesses are competing on a level…

The bill before us will take a small yet important step toward greater efficiency in Federal construction contracting. For more than 80 years, Federal contractors have been required to pay workers the locally prevailing wage. Additionally…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There has been 8 percent unemployment for 43 straight months. I think the record speaks for itself. I come from the great State of Michigan, where a Governor, like a number of others in this great country, now is…

Former ATF Director Ken Melson said that after he read the wiretaps, he was sick to his stomach. Did you have a similar reaction?

Also, I represent a district in the great State of Michigan which is proud of a favorite son or homegrown son, Brian Terry, and we take that as important.

It would certainly be my concern as a legislator that in the area of religious liberty, First Amendment freedoms and opportunity, that an outside arbitrary board is going to determine what is religious enough, and that is a precedent and…

I thank the gentlelady. I thank you for commanding this time to call attention to people, heroes of life like Father Frank Pavone. Congressman Ron Paul, one of our colleagues, shared a poem with me on the floor one day. It caught my…

So ObamaCare is more complex than the ITC and other----

I would concur with you on that statement. At least my concerns would concur with you.

I think the insertion of the music at that proper time was probably coming from the Sovereign of the Ages saying that we are living in a fantasy world that this thing is going to work.

You know, I come from the aspect if you are a person who has to file a quarterly report, you understand the complexities of that.

persons who are in a situation where they are now having to use a Government-run or Government takeover of health care are not only going to have the sickness and the problems that they have, but also the confusion, the frustration, the…

I'm privileged to yield 1 minute to my friend and colleague, the gentlelady from Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler).

I am glad to yield 1 minute to my colleague and farmer friend from Kansas (Mr. Huelskamp).

For the record, America's businesses and innovators do not need the administration mandating how they run their companies--yet it regularly does and in the form of burdensome and costly regulations. We all share in the responsibility to…

Point of personal privilege: a family farm and a family farm sometimes isn't the same. If it's incorporated, it would come under this proposed rule initially, and for that reason we continue to offer this great piece of legislation. And…

I appreciate so much that we've had this time of debate. Again, trust but verify. This is a verifying opportunity. As has been said, the proposed regulation was pulled because of political challenges. The American people generally…

I want to first thank my colleague from Iowa, Congressman Tom Latham, for introducing this very important legislation. Representative Latham is a long-time advocate for farmers and agribusiness, and his leadership in Congress is greatly…

In a point of personal privilege, I would applaud my colleague and friend from Oklahoma for his comments. The concept of ``trust, but verify'' is carried out here. We trust what has been said by the Department and the administration, but…

Despite talk of political gridlock in D.C., Republicans and Democrats can agree on at least one thing--the economy is in rough shape. For the past 41 months, the unemployment rate has not gone below 8 percent, causing worry, uncertainty…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, my friends across the aisle decry the fact that we have now voted over 30 times to defund, dismantle, and repeal the law. But, Mr. Speaker, isn't it right to challenge a tool of destruction of the…