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June 3, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Tonight, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) hosted a successful interactive town hall with more than 3,000 constituents over the phone and online from across Michigan’s 7th Congressional District.
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June 3, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) again voted in support of a measure to require authorization from Congress before continuing military operations in Iran.
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June 3, 2026
Thousands of American service members were put in an impossible position during the COVID-19 pandemic: receive the vaccine or leave the military. Thanks to the Biden administration’s misguided vaccine mandate, thousands of selfless men and women were forced out of the service before completing their careers, many of whom lost the ability to transfer their earned GI Bill benefits to their children. For military families who had planned their futures around those benefits, that opportunity was taken away overnight.
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June 2, 2026
Bath, Mich. — Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) joined Clinton County County Road Commission officials at Chandler Road on the border of Bath and DeWitt townships — the site of a future road repair project for which he secured federal funding through the bipartisan appropriations bill that passed Congress in February and was signed into law.
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June 2, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Last week, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) introduced the COVID-19 Military Mandate Transparency Act to begin the process of restoring benefits for service members forced into retirement over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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May 22, 2026
The heroic men and women in our military make sacrifices and put their lives on the line to defend the American people and our freedom. For too many of our veterans, however, one moment serving overseas can tragically change their life forever.
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May 22, 2026
Mid-Michigan drivers shouldn’t have to dodge potholes on our roads or take long detours to avoid broken-down bridges. That’s why rebuilding our infrastructure is a top priority for me.
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May 21, 2026
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Congressman Tom Barrett’s (MI-07) bipartisan Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act (H.R. 6047) by a vote of 235-179.
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May 20, 2026
Washington, D.C. — During a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) spoke with veterans and government efficiency advocates about his Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment (ARCA) Act to enhance oversight and streamline the Department of Veterans Affairs’ process for acquiring IT and medical systems, logistics platforms, and large service contracts.
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May 19, 2026
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed Congressman Tom Barrett’s (MI-07) Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act.