119th Congress
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WASHINGTON- Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to collaborate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revise the ‘Waters of the United States’ (WOTUS) rule.
WASHINGTON- Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-5) issued the following statement following the passage of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025.
Appropriations Requests
The deadline for submitting appropriations requests for Fiscal Year 2026 has passed. Our office is no longer accepting requests as of Friday, March 21, 2025, at 11:00 PM.
Community Project Funding
WASHINGTON – Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05) issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's plan to revoke the Temporary Protected Status of over 240,000 Ukrainian refugees.
WASHINGTON- Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05) issued the following statement on President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress.
WASHINGTON- Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05), Chair of the College Sports Caucus, introduced H.R. 1552, the Providing Responsible Oversight and Transparency and Ensuring Collegiate Trust (PROTECT) Student Athletes Act. This legislation would protect student athletes by prohibiting prop bets related to their performance during intercollegiate sporting events. Prop bets, as defined in the bill, are wagers on specific actions or achievements by a student athlete that may or may not directly influence the outcome of the event.
When President John F. Kennedy created the United States Agency for International Development in 1961, he did so with a spirit of optimism about America’s ability to help the needy but also with the pragmatic realization that winning a Cold War that was being fought across the globe meant fighting communist ideology with foreign development aid as well as with bullets.
WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman Michael Baumgartner (R-WA) and Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) introduced H.R. 1048, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, much-needed legislation that provides transparency and clarity to foreign gift reporting requirements for colleges and universities. Last Congress, the DETERRENT Act passed the House in a 246-170 vote, with 215 Republicans and 31 Democrats.