Bergman, Budget Members Sound the Alarm on CBO Budget Baseline

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Last week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their February 2024 Budget Baseline for FY2024-2034, analyzing America’s fiscal trajectory.  According to CBO, the gross federal debt is on track to grow by $20 trillion in just ten years, reaching a staggering $54.4 trillion. The government is also expected to spend $82.7 trillion over ten years,…

Bergman Blasts USPS for Failures, Postponed Meeting in Kingsford

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Following the indefinite postponement by the United States Postal Service of the scheduled Public Input Meeting for the Mail Processing Facility Review (MPFR) of the Iron Mountain Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC), Representative Jack Bergman penned a letter to USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The letter can be read here or below: I write to share my deep discontent…

Great Lakes Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Extend Great Lakes Protections

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Yesterday, Rep. Jack Bergman and other members of the Great Lakes Task Force introduced the bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024, which extends this critical program for another five years through 2031, and increases annual funding levels from $475 million in 2026 to $500 million from 2027 through 2031. The Great Lakes Restoration…

Bergman Issues Statement on the Senate Immigration Bill

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Following the release of the Senate’s immigration bill, Rep. Jack Bergman issued the following statement: “I strongly oppose the so-called border bill that my colleagues in the Senate introduced. This legislation does nothing to stop the crisis at our southern border – rather, it normalizes and codifies it. With only roughly 17% of this $118 billion deal being allotted for border…

Bergman Implores Colleagues: Hold DHS Secretary Mayorkas Accountable

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Today, Representative Jack Bergman spoke on the House Floor to implore his colleagues to support the resolution to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas for his willful and systemic refusal to comply with federal immigration laws and his breach of public trust. Rep. Bergman stated, “This crisis has been aided and abetted through the unprecedented dereliction of…

Bergman Urges Postal Service to Keep Operations in Kingsford

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Iron Mountain – Last week, Rep. Jack Bergman sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy outlining his grave concerns with proposed changes to the Iron Mountain Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC). The letter stated in part, “While I am pleased to see that USPS intends to keep the Iron Mountain facility open, albeit in an updated capacity, I urge the agency to avoid any…

Bergman Calls on President Biden to Prioritize U.S. Maritime Defense

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This week, Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI) joined with Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and 18 bipartisan, bicameral lawmakers in sending a letter to President Biden, urging him to strengthen the United States’ maritime power at a moment when the People’s Republic of China is extending its influence in the South China Sea and the Houthis are attacking shipping in the Red Sea. The…

Bergman Echoes Bicameral Call for Biden Admin to Withdraw EV Mandate

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Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI) joined with U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), U.S. Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI) and 120 colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman calling for the withdrawal of the Biden Administration’s proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)…

Bergman Warns of Fiscal Decline, Urges Bipartisan Approach to Financial Crisis

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Last week, Rep. Jack Bergman spoke in a House Budget Committee markup on the dire financial crisis that our country is facing. Our great experiment of a country, one which was built on self-governance, has been in-flight for nearly 250 years, Rep. Bergman explained. As a career pilot, he warned that our Nation – similar to any plane – appears to be in a fiscal descent and Bergman…

Bergman: No Spending Deal Without Border Funding

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Washington - Rep. Jack Bergman issued the following statement regarding today's Continuing Resolution vote in the U.S. House of Representatives:  Rep. Bergman stated, “If we don’t secure our borders, we won’t have a Nation to fund. Until Congress gets serious about securing the border, I will not support another dime of federal spending. "I understand Republicans only…

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