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Tim Walberg is known throughout south-central Michigan for his commitment to bringing good-paying jobs back to Michigan, lowering gas prices, restraining government spending, reducing the national deficit and defending traditional values.

Walberg is currently in his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Michigan’s Seventh District, which includes Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson and Lenawee counties and parts of Calhoun and Washtenaw counties.

According to a March 11, 2007 Ann Arbor News article, Walberg “dedicated his first few months on Capitol Hill to constituent outreach and legislation on tax reform, worker's rights and Great Lakes preservation.” Congressman Walberg is a principled, independent conservative dedicated to serving his constituents and willing to work in a bi-partisan manner on legislation that benefits the Seventh District.

Since taking office in 2007, the Congressman has hosted over 150 public meetings and visited many parts of the district not accustomed to seeing their representative. He has attempted to be the most accessible representative in south-central Michigan's history.

Congressman Walberg is presently working to lower gas prices by pushing for an increase in American energy production and greater investment in alternative sources of energy. On June 10, 2008, he introduced a discharge petition to bring the No More Excuses Energy Act to the House floor for a vote. Learn more about his efforts here.



Tim believes health care run from Washington, D.C. and mandated to Americans by the federal government is not the solution. He introduced the Making Health Care More Affordable Act (H.R. 5955), legislation that gives consumers and patients more control and choices, makes health care more affordable for small businesses and families, promotes health information technology, and reduces overall costs. 

Walberg is an original co-sponsor of two pieces of environmental legislation vital to Michigan's future, the International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act (H.R. 518) and the Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act (H.R. 1350).

In June 2007, the Congressman introduced the Tax Increase Prevention Act (H.R. 2734), legislation that would protect families from looming tax increases. The Congressman's legislation currently has 146 co-sponsors, and the Congressman has written editorials on his bill for The Washington Times, Investor's Business Daily and Human Events.com.

Walberg is outspoken advocate of serious education reform. He would like to see educational decisions made by parents, teachers and local administrators instead of bureaucrats working for the Department of Education. Tim supports the A-Plus Act, an alternative education policy to No Child Left Behind and wrote about the bill in a January 2008 column in the Detroit Free Press.

Congressman Walberg serves on the House Agriculture, Education and Labor and House Republican Policy Committees.



Born in Chicago, Congressman Walberg grew up on the city’s south side and worked briefly as a union steel mill worker before attending Western Illinois University, Moody Bible Institute, Taylor University in Fort Wayne, IN (formerly Fort Wayne Bible College) and Wheaton College Graduate School, earning his B.S. and M.A. degrees.

Previously Congressman Walberg served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1983 to 1999, gaining a reputation as a principled voice for less government spending, lower taxes and fewer regulations, as well as a compassionate voice for the culture of life and traditional values.

During Tim's 16 years in the state legislature, he never voted for a tax increase and successfully fought to reduce income taxes, property taxes, capital gains taxes and death taxes. He also compiled a 100% pro-life voting record and earned a lifetime A+ rating from the NRA.

Prior to his time in the Michigan House, Congressman Walberg served as a pastor for almost 10 years. Following his 16 years in the Michigan House, he served as president of the Warren Reuther Center for Education and Community Impact where his duties included creating local community betterment programs in the 7th District. Tim also worked as a division manager for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, before retiring in January 2006.

Tim and his wife Sue have been married for 34 years. They live in Tipton, Michigan, where they raised their three now-adult children Matthew, Heidi and Caleb.

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