Last week, Representatives Jack Bergman (MI-01) and Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) introduced a bipartisan bill, the Protect Postal Performance Act, to prevent the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from downsizing facilities in underserved areas, provide more oversight over modifications to delivery schedules, and increase public transparency on proposed changes. The legislation is co-led by Representatives Har... Read More »
This week, Representatives Jack Bergman (R-MI-01), Rudy Yakym (R-IN-02), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), and Scott Peters (D-CA-50) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen transparency and accuracy in improper payment reporting that will reduce waste and fraud. The Improper Payments Transparency Act (H.R. 1771) would direct the President’s budget request to Congress to include the amounts and rat... Read More »
Yesterday, Representative Jack Bergman introduced H.R. 1823, which would enact a forensic audit of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs budgeting process following significant errors over the past year. In July of 2024, the VA requested $2.88 billion from Congress to fill a reported end-of-fiscal year benefits funding shortfall. Congress quickly passed legislation providing this funding to ensure V... Read More »
Today, Rep. Jack Bergman announced that State Representative Karl Bohnak will join him as a special guest for President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress. Bergman issued the following statement: “Karl Bohnak is a true picture of U.P. grit and I’m honored to have him join me for President Trump’s historic address tonight. Karl has been the face of the Upper Peninsula’s weather for four decades and ... Read More »
This week, Representative Jack Bergman and House Republicans used the Congressional Review Act to roll back the damage done by the Biden Administration and help deliver President Trump’s America First agenda. H.J. Res. 35 – Repealing the Biden Administration’s Tax on Natural gas Rep. Bergman explained, “The natural gas tax that Democrats imposed on the American People was absurd from the start. It... Read More »
Yesterday in a Joint House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, Representative Jack Bergman addressed the need for disabled Veterans to receive the expedited and proper care they have earned. During his line of questioning, Rep. Bergman cited his legislation, the Veterans STAND Act, which would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer annual health evaluations of paralyzed Ve... Read More »
On Friday, February 21, 2025, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that it will be keeping local mail processing operations at the Iron Mountain Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) in Kingsford, reversing a prior decision to relocate them to Green Bay, WI. This decision comes as part of a new operational strategy by the agency that is projected to generate an additional $3 billion... Read More »
Yesterday, following Louis DeJoy’s announcement earlier this week that he will resign as Postmaster General of the United States, Representative Jack Bergman sent a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, urging them to prioritize the unique delivery needs of our Nation’s rural communities as they consider Mr. DeJoy’s successor. For over a year, Rep. Bergman has fough... Read More »
Last week, Representative Jack Bergman joined Newsmax to discuss the surge in military recruitment and attributed the renewed excitement for service to President Donald Trump. Read and watch the full interview here or below: It's no surprise that enrollment in the U.S. military is up under President Donald Trump, Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., told Newsmax on Friday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth la... Read More »
Yesterday, Representative Jack Bergman and 16 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives introduced the bipartisan Susan Muffley Act, which will restore the retirement benefits of Delphi Salaried Retirees – including 5,859 Michiganders – and provide backpay for the pension payments that should have been received for the past 15 years. In 1999, the Delphi Corporation was created as a parts a... Read More »
Last week, U.S. Representatives Jack Bergman (MI-01), Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), alongside House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson (PA-15), and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) led 74 of their colleagues in reintroducing the bipartisan Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act. In July 2024, provisions from the Federal Application For... Read More »
Today, Representative Jack Bergman wrote a letter to President Donald Trump, following the arrest of a member of the Venezuelan transnational criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, who illegally crossed into the United States near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. In his note to the President, Rep. Bergman requested that the illegal alien be transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. As Rep. ... Read More »
Read Rep. Bergman's latest opinion piece in the Washington Examiner here or below: For the last several years, I have been sounding the alarm on the most dangerous recession in our country: the recession of recruitment in our military. The significant failure of every branch to fully meet its objectives has been a terrifying and unsustainable trend. Under the Biden administration, this difficulty ... Read More »
Today, Representatives Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Chris Pappas (D-NH) introduced the Removing Extraneous Loopholes Insuring Every Veteran Emergency (RELIEVE) Act. This bipartisan legislation will eliminate a glaring gap in Veteran emergency care insurance coverage by expanding emergency coverage under Care in the Community for Veterans. “The RELIEVE Act is one of many needed bridges to ensure new Vet... Read More »
Last week, Representative Jack Bergman penned a letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, citing a recent decision which adversely impacts the mail processing for the Iron Mountain VA. In his letter, Rep. Bergman demanded answers for why the location’s outbound mail is now being routed to the USPS Processing and Distribution Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, inste... Read More »
