Press Releases
May 5, 2026
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.
May 5, 2026
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.
May 4, 2026
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.
April 29, 2026
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).
April 22, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) today launched the fourth pillar of his Blueprint for a Better America: Recalibrating American Foreign Policy.
April 20, 2026
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.
April 16, 2026
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.
April 15, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) urged the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) to include three pieces of legislation he is leading in the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
April 15, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Today, on the deadline for Americans to file their income tax return, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) released a video praising the Working Family Tax Cuts he helped pass last year.
April 14, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7613, the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act. This bipartisan aviation safety legislation, which passed with the support of Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07), includes several key provisions Barrett led.