Congressman Barrett Pick Up The Phone, Michiganders Are Calling

Today, constituents from all over Michigan’s 7th congressional district, delivered nearly 2000 petitions to Rep. Tom Barrett’s office in Lansing urging the Congressman to host an in-person town hall. 

Right now, Michiganders are worried about the state of our nation, and we need to hear from our elected officials directly about their plan to gut Medicaid and give tax cuts to billionaires. Currently, over 2.6 million Michiganders rely on Medicaid for access to affordable health care services and Rep. Barrett has recently voted to lay the foundation for nearly a trillion dollars worth of cuts to the vital service. An in-person town hall is the least he could do to answer his constituent’s worries.

The GOP Tax Scam is expected to cost the country over $4 trillion dollars in the next decade, while causing irreparable damage to families in Michigan. These petitions are from Rep. Barrett’s own constituents urging him to show his face and answer questions from Michigan families, veterans, and seniors.  

Michigan Families for Fair Care Director, Steve Lawson:

“Rep. Tom Barrett has the ability to stand up to corporate interests and greed, plain and simple and the people he represents want to make that clear. Currently, the American people are under attack from every direction. The cost of groceries and services continue to climb, and now life-saving health coverage is at risk. All we are asking for is for the congressman to show up to his district in-person and provide answers to some of people’s biggest anxieties regarding our country. If Barrett wants to be on the side of the working class, he needs to show us he understands that Americans need a helping hand not to be kicked while we’re down.”