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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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Apr 9, 2024

Leadership and the Department have been distracted, undisciplined, arrogant, and who is paying the price of this failed leadership?

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Apr 9, 2024

What is the ultimate purpose of the Department of Education.

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Apr 9, 2024

What he was, he was a litigator expert from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that used their attempts to wave debt.

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Apr 9, 2024

I get calls frequently all the time to disband the Department of Education altogether.

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Apr 9, 2024

The 2024-2025 FAFSA rollout has presented a greater threat to higher education than COVID 4 years ago.

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Mar 19, 2024

Mr. Chair, I know my time is over, and we will look for further background information on it because this just is not cutting it.

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Mar 19, 2024

What I understand now, and I have 8 seconds, but so far you have approved 53.6 billion in special financial assistance?

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Mar 19, 2024

Have you started discussions with the Central States about how they are going to return the taxpayer money?

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Mar 19, 2024

We in Congress are charged with being responsible stewards of taxpayer money

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Mar 19, 2024

Taxpayers who did not participate in the pension have now been asked to take care of footing the bill

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Mar 13, 2024

Last March when I asked about Americans' data being stored and accessed by China, TikTok CEO stated under oath that it was not accessible by the CCP. However, this statement was a lie. As their own internal recording said, ``everything is…

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Mar 11, 2024

Most universities do not generate a profit from their athletic programs.

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Feb 13, 2024

We will not be going that direction again, will we?

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Feb 13, 2024

I can count on that then? Okay, thank you.

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Feb 13, 2024

Following up on questions of some of my colleagues, Administrator Looman, as you are aware and indicated, in 2023 the New York Times reported on many children being trafficked and forced to work illegally in the United States, which is…

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Dec 12, 2023

This goes on and on, and it is frustrating because it is again clear evidence that the union wants a thumb on the scale because they cannot accomplish it themselves.

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Dec 12, 2023

I want to keep my record of not being bombastic, but this does frustrate me.

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Dec 12, 2023

The union wants to be big business as opposed to helping little people.

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Dec 12, 2023

Like all sectors of the economy, dealing with Bidenomics, franchise businesses are navigating economic headwinds such as high inflation, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions.

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Dec 12, 2023

I am not against unions, but franchises are successful because of choice.

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Dec 4, 2023

The cure for antisemitism is not simply knowledge. It is truth.

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Dec 4, 2023

These are difficult times and difficult subjects, but they need to be addressed because leadership matters.

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Nov 29, 2023

If you want a union, vote for one, join one. It is simple.

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