Rep. Tim Walz and his Democrat leaders have failed to reveal their secret "commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices." In the face of a slowing economy and soaring cost of living, Walz and his fellow Democrats rejected a call to force Speaker Pelosi to tell the American people how she plans to relieve their pain at the pump (House Roll Call 211).

Rep. Walz proved his loyalty to the trial lawyer lobby again when he rejected a proposal to protect firefighters who assist families in their community with the proper installation of child safety seats from frivolous lawsuits (House Roll Call 159).

Tim Walz alienated himself from not only the bipartisan group of U.S. Senators who strongly support the Protect America Act, but also the American public as a whole, and he supported a sham FISA bill in hopes of finding political cover from voters who are tired of his bobbing and weaving on the issue of national security. (House Roll Call 145)

Tim Walz voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)

Tim Walz continued to abdicate his duty to protect the American people and instead play political games by voting repeatedly to block a vote on the Senate's bipartisan Protect America Act. (House Roll Call 116)

By blatantly blocking the renewal of the critical terrorist surveillance program, Tim Walz prolonged the Democrats' payback to trial lawyers who are filing frivolous lawsuits against the telecom companies who fulfilled their patriotic duty by aiding the government in terrorist surveillances in the aftermath of 9/11. (House Roll Call 73)

Tim Walz completely abandoned his responsibility to ensure that our intelligence officials have all of the necessary tools to provide for our national security by allowing the terrorist surveillance program to expire, leaving Americans' security in serious jeopardy (House Roll Call 48 and 53)

Tim Walz voted in lock-step with his liberal Democrat leaders to kill a motion that would have permanently eliminated the onerous marriage penalty and extended the $1,000 child tax credit. (House Roll Call 83)

Tim Walz voted against providing tax relief for over 20 million Americans, choosing the sham plan of raising taxes in order to cut taxes over putting more money in the pockets of hard-working Americans. (House Roll Call 1183)

Tim Walz had the opportunity to pass an AMT patch free of tax increases, but voted with his Democrat leaders to kill it. (House Roll Call 1152) Tim Walz then voted in lock-step with his Democrat leaders to kill a clean AMT patch, instead voting for burdening tax increases that will negatively impact the competitiveness of U.S. businesses and the American economy. (House Roll Call 1153)

Tim Walz had the opportunity to bring a clean Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch to a vote, that would protect 23 million Americans from being hit with a massive tax hike on middle class American families, but instead voted in lock-step with his Democrat leadership, moving one step closer toward imposing a massive tax increase on middle class American families. (House Roll Call 1136)

The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, Tim Walz is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Walz voted in lock-step with his liberal Democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1120)

Tim Walz voted to jeopardize our national security when he sided with her democrat leadership to weaken our nation?s intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1119)

Walz voted for a down payment on the "Mother of All Tax Hikes" when he supported the Democrats' package for $72 billion in tax increases. (House Roll Call 1081)

Walz voted to kill a measure to protect state marriage laws from being changed in a courtroom by trial lawyers. (House Roll Call 1056)

Walz refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Walz's vote seriously jeopardizes family-owned business and farms, and destroys any hope for hard-working families to pass their livelihood onto future generations. (House Roll Call 959)

In yet another example of Walz's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Walz voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)

Walz voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)

Walz voted to impose another massive tax increase at the expense of America's hard-working farmers, threatening the jobs of more than 5 million American workers. (House Roll Call 746)

Walz failed to protect children in school when he voted against a motion which would have provided funding for schools to cover the fees to do background checks on teachers across the country. (House Roll Call 685)

Walz lined up once again with the Democrat Leadership to make it easier to raise taxes on the American people. He voted against a motion which would have prevented the IRS from implementing or collecting any new tax increases that the Democrats try to pass. (House Roll Call 605)

Walz voted to pave the way for one of the largest tax hikes in history. (House Roll Call 377)

Voted against a measure that would have eliminated taxpayer-funded small business grants for convicted felons including sex offenders, kidnappers and others. (House Roll Call 224)

Voted to raid the wallets of the middle class, saddling taxpayers with a $400 billion tax hike -- the largest tax increase in American history. Voted to reinstate the marriage penalty, resurrect the death tax, and eliminate the child tax credit. (House Roll Call 212)

Walz voted against increasing college access and affordability for middle- to low-income students, against providing greater resources for Pell Grants, and against deficit reduction on behalf of taxpayers. (House Roll Call 31)

Walz voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)

Walz voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)

Tim Walz showed a commitment to raising taxes immediately after being sworn-in: his first vote elected Pelosi Speaker and his second vote made it easier to impose massive tax hikes on the American people. (House Roll Call 4)