Press Releases

WASHINGTON –Representative Jack Bergman (MI-1) participated today in a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (HVAC) hearing entitled “Assessing the VA IT Landscape: Progress and Challenges.” The hearing, HVAC’s first in the 115th Congress, was designed to explore the major Information Technology (IT) modernization projects and programs underway at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-1) made the following statement after supporting House passage of the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 387), legislation that would require the government to obtain a probable cause criminal warrant to access electronic communications and online content stored in the cloud. “This legislation represents the first major update to our digital privacy laws… Read more »

WASHINGTON -- Representative Jack Bergman (MI-1) issued the following statement regarding President Trump's executive actions on national security: "I agree with the President that our first order of business has to be maintaining national security. At its heart, this executive order represents a temporary pause to make sure we have adequate vetting procedures in place to prevent… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jack Bergman (MI-1) released the following statement after voting in favor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 7): “Our Declaration of Independence describes three fundamental rights, and the first of those is the right to life. Every living thing on this earth has something in common: the will to keep on living. The… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Representative Jack Bergman (MI-1) participated today in a House Committee on the Budget hearing designed to explore the rising cost of health care and other harmful consequences of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The hearing was Bergman’s first as a member of the Budget Committee. “Under the ACA, every American was promised access to affordable, quality healthcare,”… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Representative Jack Bergman (MI-1) released the following statement today after voting in favor of S. Con. Res. 3, Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY 2017: “Americans were promised a healthcare system that would make affordable, quality healthcare available to everyone, yet people in Michigan are facing surging costs and limited choices. It’s time for us to admit… Read more »

WASHINGTON – The office of Representative Jack Bergman (MI-1) announced today that, along with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Rep. Bergman has been selected to serve on the House Committee on the Budget and the House Committee on Natural Resources. Bergman had this to say about being selected to serve on the House Committee on the Budget: “I campaigned on a promise of… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (TN-1) announced today that Representative Jack Bergman (MI-1) has been selected to serve as Chairman for the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. The subcommittee’s role is to provide oversight on programs and operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jack Bergman’s (MI-1) office announced today that he has been selected to serve on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Bergman, a Veteran of the Vietnam War, served as a 3-Star Lieutenant General in the U.S. Marine Corps and brings that unique perspective to the committee’s operations. Representative Bergman had this to say about being selected to serve on the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Representative Jack Bergman (MI-1) released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 26, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act: “Regulatory overreach hurts our economy, threatens small businesses, and increases costs for taxpayers in Michigan and across the United States,” Bergman said. “Broad executive branch rulemaking… Read more »