Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) today sent a bipartisan letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees urging them to protect the squadron of A-10 fighter jets at Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard Base from early retirement.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) sent a bipartisan letter with Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI-03) commending the Trump administration for reaching a historic agreement with Finland to acquire up to 11 new icebreaker ships for use in the United States.

In case you missed it, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) wrote an op-ed published in The Argus-Press last week about the government shutdown, calling on Senate Democrats to support the clean funding bill that he and his colleagues passed in the House.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) directed the House of Representatives to withhold his pay should a lapse in appropriations result in a shutdown of the federal government at midnight tonight.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) voted in favor of a clean continuing resolution (H.R. 5371) that passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 217-212. This stopgap funding measure will fund the federal government for seven weeks, prevent a shutdown, and provide additional resources for the protection of public officials at a time of unprecedented political violence in America.

Washington, D.C. — This week, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) introduced the VA Extenders Act of 2025 (H.R. 5420) to maintain essential benefits, health care, and services for veterans. This must-pass legislation is critical to reauthorize key veterans programs that are currently set to expire at the end of September.

Washington, D.C. — This week, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) continued his leadership for veterans in the U.S. House of Representatives with the unanimous passage of his bipartisan Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act (H.R. 3481). This is Barrett’s fifth piece of legislation to pass the House of Representatives this year.

Howell, Mich. — Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) today joined Vice President JD Vance and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez DeRemer at Hatch Stamping Company’s Howell welding plant to meet with local manufacturing workers and celebrate the tax relief Republicans delivered this summer for working families and small businesses.