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Today, House Budget Committee Oversight Task Force Chairman Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) introduced the Strengthening Administrative PAYGO (SAP) Act of 2024 to reassert Congress’ constitutional authority of reining in the out-of-control and unchecked administrative spending. Article I of the Constitution provides Congress with the power of the purse to act as… Read more »

Yesterday, House Budget Committee Oversight Task Force Chairman Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) sent a second letter — issued in tandem with the committee’s request of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a report on the “Status of Actions to Offset Direct Spending from Administrative Rules” released on November 30, 2023 — expressing serious… Read more »

On Monday, Reps. Jack Bergman (MI-01) and Debbie Dingell (MI-06) introduced the bipartisan Rural 340B Access Act of 2024, legislation to improve the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation and keep emergency departments in rural areas open. The REH designation was created by Congress in 2020 to address rural hospital closures and ensure remote communities maintain access to… Read more »

Representative Jack Bergman and House Budget Committee Chairman, Jodey Arrington, recently commissioned a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate whether the Biden Administration blocked the use of taxpayer funds to build a wall along the southern border, which was what the money was specifically designated for by Congress. Predictably, the report confirmed… Read more »

Following pressure from lawmakers, including the introduction of Representative Bergman’s Michigan SPEAR Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that lake sturgeon does not warrant a listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). “In a major victory for the First District, lake sturgeon will not be designated an endangered species, effectively keeping the… Read more »

This week, Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI-01) and Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) introduced the Protect Postal Performance Act – bipartisan legislation to halt the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) consolidation plans for Processing and Distribution Centers (P&DC) located in underperforming postal districts. “Bureaucrats in the U.S. Postal Service seem… Read more »

Representative Jack Bergman and four of his Republican colleagues in the Michigan delegation are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the International Al-Quds Day rally in Dearborn where individuals chanted “Death to America,” and “Death to Israel.”  The rally held on April 5 is just one example of the rising number of anti-Semitic events which has taken… Read more »

Today, Rep. Jack Bergman announced that his office, in partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA), will be hosting 4 virtual seminars to provide information to businesses that are eligible for the Federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans, which are available because of ongoing federal drought declarations. The webinar dates and times are as follows: Session 1 – Friday,… Read more »

This week, Bidenflation numbers came in hotter than expected, according to the March 2024 Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The destructive policies of ‘Bidenomics’ have caused consumer prices to rise for three straight months, with March showing that inflation increased by 3.5%, the highest level in six months. Following the CPI report, Rep.… Read more »

Today, Rep. Jack Bergman sent the following letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy following a disappointing response from Post Office officials at the public input meeting on the future of the Iron Mountain Processing & Distribution Center in Kingsford. You can read the full letter here and below: I write to you following the April 1, 2024, public input meeting on the U.S.… Read more »