Washington - Today, Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health Jack Bergman introduced three key pieces of legislation. These bills would close gaps in Veterans’ health care across the board, support Veterans’ caregivers, and cut waste at the VA. In addition to support from multiple Veterans Service Organizations (VSO), Rep. Bergman introduced these bills… Read more »
Today, Rep. Jack Bergman renewed his call on the Justice Department to initiate an investigation into the Stimson Center for violations of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA).
Over six weeks ago, Rep. Jack Bergman sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting an investigation into the Stimson Center and Senior Advisor Debra Decker for apparent FARA violations with… Read more »
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (HVAC) Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Jack Bergman, HVAC Ranking Member Mike Bost, and 40 Republican colleagues sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis R. McDonough, expressing grave concern with his intent to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to offer gender transition surgeries, while thousands of Veterans, including… Read more »
Today, Rep. Jack Bergman joined Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and over 60 of their colleagues in introducing a resolution of support for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This resolution is a response to the calls from several Democrats to defund DHS… Read more »
Today, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) formally announced the members of seven issue-specific Republican Task Forces designed to identify and develop policy solutions to the issues facing the American people.
Rep. Jack Bergman was appointed to serve on the Future of American Freedoms Task Force which will be led by Rep. Jim Jordan, Ranking Member of the… Read more »
Today, Rep. Jack Bergman led bipartisan Members from the Michigan Congressional Delegation in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, regarding issues facing Michigan’s cherry growers and processors. Although Michigan cherries are famous throughout the world, the tart cherry industry has often been overlooked in federal policy decisions,… Read more »
Reps. Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the Social Security Benefit Payments Choice Act of 2021 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Currently, the Social Security Administration (SSA) pays most beneficiaries on the second, third, or fourth Wednesday of every month - forcing recipients to wait 35 days between payments four times each year. This has led to… Read more »
Today, Rep. Jack Bergman sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging action related to the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) to further expand access to broadband in Michigan’s rural and remote communities.
Specifically, the letter called for implementation of the policy contained in Rep. Bergman’s H.R. 1610 Rural Broadband Window of Opportunity Act to… Read more »
Last week, Rep. Jack Bergman joined over 200 of his Republican colleagues urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to direct Democrat Committee Chairs to launch an investigation into the origins of COVID-19. Since COVID-19 emerged from Wuhan, China, over 18 months ago, the Democrat-led House has not held a single hearing on the origins of the virus.
The Members stated in part, "We request that you… Read more »
Rep. Jack Bergman joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and over 100 Republican House Members in a letter to President Biden supporting Israel’s right to self-defense.
The letter calls on the President to maintain U.S. security assistance to Israel without any added conditions. The letter also urges the President to undertake efforts to weaken Hamas,… Read more »
