Tim Walberg
Nationalist
Republican
House Representative
Michigan - District 5
Current Position: US House Representative MI-5
Running For: House Representative - District 5
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For large-scale tax cuts; supported the Working Families Tax Cuts preventing a 27% tax hike, and provisions for no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for 88% of seniors
- For protecting Social Security and Medicare; introduced a lockbox bill to prevent raids on these funds
- For repealing the medical device tax
- For expanding rural broadband access
Business & Labor
- For free and fair trade agreements that benefit American workers and manufacturers; opposes trade agreements that are not free and fair for Michigan workers
Health Care
- For allowing purchase of health insurance across state lines, expanding health savings accounts, ending lawsuit abuse in healthcare, and giving individuals the same tax treatment as corporations when purchasing health insurance
- For protecting people with pre-existing conditions in health care coverage
- For combating the opioid and heroin epidemic; voted for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and authored 'Jessie's Law' to give doctors access to patients' opioid history
- For expanding veterans' healthcare access, mental health services, educational opportunities, and increased cost-of-living adjustments for veterans benefits
Education
- For decentralizing education authority; voted for the Every Student Succeeds Act transferring power from federal bureaucrats to local schools and states
Environment
- For expanding domestic energy production; supports fast-tracking American energy production by reforming the permitting system and regaining energy independence
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; believes in the sanctity of life
- Against same-sex marriage; believes marriage is defined as between one man and one woman
- For religious freedom protections; supports defending religious institutions and individuals with deeply held beliefs from government compulsion to violate their conscience
- For government colorblindness in policy; opposes race-based government distinctions
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For a strong military strategy to combat radical Islamic terrorism, stop nuclear proliferation to anti-American regimes, and counter cybersecurity threats; supported policies that dismantled ISIS
Public Safety
- For gun rights; staunch defender of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms