Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) introduced an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to provide a clear and defined mission objective, limit the scope of approved military action, and establish a firm deadline for the conflict in Iran.

Burns Township, Mich. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) met with Shiawassee County officials to review the closed New Lothrop Road Bridge that he secured $1 million in federal funding to replace.

In case you missed it, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) wrote an op-ed in The Detroit News today, describing how the current trend of redrawing congressional districts years before the next Census weakens American voters’ representation in Congress.

Washington, D.C. — Last week, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) co-sponsored the bipartisan Preventing Real-time Exploitation and Deceptive Insider Congressional Trading (PREDICT) Act (H.R. 8076) to prevent senior government officials from betting in prediction markets and profiting off insider knowledge.

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) joined Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost (IL-12), Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) to introduce the VA Home Loan Affordability Act (H.R. 8532).

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) today launched the fourth pillar of his Blueprint for a Better America: Recalibrating American Foreign Policy.

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) today unveiled the second package of legislation to Make Health Care Affordable Again, the third pillar of his Blueprint for a Better America.

Washington, D.C. — This week, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) joined a bipartisan group of his first-term colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives requesting that pay for members of Congress be withheld during government shutdowns.