Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) for the third time voted in support of a measure (H.Con.Res. 89) to limit and wind down the ongoing military operations in Iran absent authorization from Congress.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) and the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Stop Insider Trading Act (H.R. 7008), which would prohibit members of Congress and their family members from trading individual stocks. The bill, which earned bipartisan support, would also implement voter ID requirements for federal elections.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) introduced two new bills in his plan to Reform Campaign Finance, which is part of his broader Blueprint for a Better America.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressmen Tom Barrett (MI-07), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced the Human Authority over Autonomous Weapons Act to ensure that no autonomous or artificial intelligence-enabled weapon system used by the United States military can carry out an intentionally lethal strike without meaningful human oversight or a human decision-maker in the loop.

Washington, D.C. — Today, during a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on disaster resilience and emergency preparedness, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) discussed balancing disaster resilience in construction permitting with housing affordability.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) chaired a House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing where he spoke with officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct oversight of the department’s modernization of the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS).

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) celebrated the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act becoming law to expand affordable housing options and lower costs for Americans.

Lansing, Mich. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) joined President and CEO Nicole Noll-Williams and other leadership of the Capital Region International Airport to review the airport’s outdated passenger boarding bridges, which he secured federal funding to replace through a bipartisan appropriations bill in February.