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July 22, 2026
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.
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July 17, 2026
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.
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July 17, 2026
Every election cycle, voters get flooded with more and more TV ads, mail, calls, and texts that nobody likes. The balance between campaigning and serving in Congress is completely out of whack. No member of Congress should be pressured into spending more time raising money than actually serving the people they represent.
Meanwhile, massive out-of-state donors spend millions through independent political organizations to tip the scales in our elections.
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July 17, 2026
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.
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July 15, 2026
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.
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July 13, 2026
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).
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July 11, 2026
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.
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July 11, 2026
Housing costs are out of control, and hard-working families in Michigan are paying the price. As homeownership grows increasingly out of reach, Americans are struggling to start a family and put down roots.
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July 9, 2026
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.
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July 9, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) introduced the Military Next-Gen Collision Avoidance Act, legislation aimed at helping prevent tragedies like the January 2025 Potomac River crash between an Army helicopter and a commercial jet.