Tim Walberg

I appreciate the opportunity from the gentleman from California to stand with my colleagues tonight to speak on an important issue. It was an amazing experience for me this morning to be part of the Oversight and Government Reform…

I don't normally quote from Joseph Stalin, but today he said something appropriate about liberty. He said, "America is like a healthy body, and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, its spiritual life. If we can…

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

A republic once equally poised must either preserve its virtue or lose its liberty.

What is the compelling State interest in providing free contraception? It is available to 98 percent of the people in this country.

Should your parishioners... have First Amendment rights of conscience?

I have heard the Constitution being attacked, being denigrated.

The intent is, as I understand it, to enhance savings in the detention program, which it is less expensive when you think of $122 per day on average for a detention bed.

Yet there is concern that the alternatives to detention generally leads to higher levels of absconding, which adds additional support and security problems as well.

We would appreciate that information.

I look at a little card here that I have that lists a number of things to deal with regulatory barriers that come from government.

A few weeks ago during a district work period, I had the privilege to catch up with many of my constituents back in Michigan's Seventh District. Business owners graciously invited me into their facilities eager to talk about the economic…

I applaud you for what you are doing for your child. And sadly, some of that opportunity has been taken away from you as a result of a union.

They would actually say that? ... With your dues dollars paying for that?

One of the most beautiful parts of democracy is its messiness. Messiness that speaks of freedom and choice and opportunity.

the notion that this was an operation set up to do something to impinge upon the Second Amendment rights of my fellow citizens is absurd.

I believe was set up to go wrong in order to deal with Second Amendment liberties of law-abiding citizens.

I would concur that your mention today of the necessity for impinging upon Second Amendment liberties of law-abiding citizens still further brought that question up.

So right-to-work is an issue that may have its time and place, but I don't believe it is appropriate in Michigan during 2012.

the role of government is not to create jobs, but to create an environment where the private sector can be successful

Workforce tends to deal with creating opportunities and giving people skills. That is simply not good enough.

The Constitution of the United States establishes a system in which the states are unequivocally the laboratories of democracy.

I will inform you that I am going to use with manufacturers your quote, without innovation, manufacturing is just a good idea.

I am the relentless positive action person, so we have many problems in Michigan that are much more pressing that I want to find common-ground issues we can work together on before we get into divisive issues.

Governor Snyder has delivered. During his first year in office, he worked with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to eliminate the state's $1.5 billion budget deficit.