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Washington – Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-1) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 998, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act: “People across the First District know that, to be successful in any venture, you have to be able to look at what you have, figure out what’s working and what isn’t, and make changes that… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-1) released the following statement tonight after President Donald J. Trump made his first address before a joint session of Congress: "Before the President spoke tonight, I was confident that he would offer a unified vision, a way forward for every American. I believe he did that. “He offered a plan to educate our children, provide… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-1) released the following statement in anticipation of the President’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: “What I’m looking to hear from President Trump tonight is a unified vision for this country—a vision that reaches past politics, race, and socioeconomic boundaries and moves all of us toward a brighter future. We’re seeing a… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-1) led a bipartisan letter sent to President Donald Trump late last week expressing support for modernization of the Soo Locks located in the First District’s Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Representatives Paul Mitchell, Bill Huizenga, Fred Upton, Dave Trott, Justin Amash, John Moolenaar, Tim Walberg, Mike Bishop, Debbie Dingell, Sander M.… Read more »

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 »

There’s an old Irving Berlin song you may have heard that goes like this: “anything you can do, I can do better / I can do anything better than you.” I’ve been thinking a lot about those words during my first few weeks in Congress because that’s exactly how many of my colleagues on the left seem to view the role of government. As they see it, there’s no matter too big or too small for… 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 »