Tim Walberg

I appreciate you yielding. It is the CBO. Go to the Congressional Budget Office. They have directly stated that it would double.

the U.S. Government.

To some on the other side of the aisle, it seems fine that the people who authorized this operation still work within the Department of Justice. I don't agree. They'd rather play politics than uphold Congress' right to investigate. Today's…

There is no joy in today's action; but the fact remains, 18 months after U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered, the Justice Department has failed to hold anybody accountable for the mistakes of Operation Fast and Furious. As a…

Rising health care costs remain a top concern for many Americans, particularly the Baby Boomers heading off into retirement and individuals with disabilities. However, one service in particular-- home companion care--has come under attack…

The individual mandate survives as a tax, said to be constitutional.

I believe there is a place for OSHA, and I believe there is a place for State OSHAs as well.

I think that is what I have been pushing for as chairman of the subcommittee that we see more partnerships develop.

There is no disagreement, I think, by either side of this dais that we want safe workplaces.

As a partnership ought to be.

Thank you for testifying at the Subcommittee on Workforce Protection's hearing on 'Promoting Safe Workplaces Through Voluntary Protection Programs,' held on June 28.

Before I let a train of thought go, I yield 30 seconds to my good friend from Arizona (Mr. Flake).

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman from Arizona, and I thank him for his amendment. I support it, but I respectfully do not support the Grimm amendment. I'm from Michigan. Michigan takes no backseat in this country to union labor. It is the returning…

This past Monday, we gathered together to honor America's fallen soldiers--the men and women who gave their lives sacrificially in exchange for our freedoms. Amid the Memorial Day parades and picnics, we reflected on their courage and…

I appreciate that testimony.

Things are starting to turn.

I saw stacks, I saw emissions taking place there.

So there is a Catch-22 going on here that says commence construction and cease construction.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I stand in strong support of this amendment, an amendment that I think speaks to a rationality in our contracting, and especially when we think of what we're talking about here in the…

I thank the gentlelady. We ought to be looking at ways for growing an economy that gives the opportunity for students to know that they will have a job, that they can pay off loans at whatever rate it will be. There is a much better way…

I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, just a bit of a history lesson. We hear a lot of demagoguery going on right now from the highest office of the land about the unwillingness of Republicans to help our college students receive the…

3 years ago President Obama promised Congress that the American people would have 6 percent unemployment in exchange for trillions of taxpayer dollars to pump into the economy. Today we know that the stimulus program was mismanaged…

I, respectfully, beg to differ with that. As far as the information we have requested, it has been willfully incomplete and inadequate to address the concerns that we, respectfully, submitted to you.

I must admit, it frightens me because of the impact of a growing government that gives less opportunity for States and local communities.