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IRS Abandons Facial Recognition Technology Push after Huizenga Legislation, Bipartisan Outcry

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Yesterday, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement after the New York Times published a story regarding the IRS abandoning its effort to use facial recognition software. This dramatic about-face comes after Huizenga introduced the FACE Act which would prohibit the IRS from requiring the use of facial recognition technology. The FACE Act was introduced on Friday…

Huizenga Introduces FACE Act to Ban IRS from Using Facial Recognition Technology on Taxpayers

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On Friday, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), introduced the Facial Authorization Cannot be Enforced Act or FACE Act. This legislation prevents the IRS from using facial recognition software and storing the faces of American taxpayers in a database. “The IRS’ desire to use facial recognition software should be concerning to every American,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “The federal…

Huizenga Statement on Federal Reserve Signaling Looming Interest Rate Increase

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ranking Member of the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets Subcommittee released the following statement after the Federal Reserve signaled its plan to raise interest rates in March. “For far too long, the Federal Reserve has chosen artificially low interest rates, as opposed to free-market principles,” said Congressman Bill…

Huizenga Cosponsors Bill to Combat Washington’s Addiction to Spending, Soaring Inflation

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) announced his support for the Inflation Prevention Act. In December, the year-over-year inflation rate hit a 40 year high of 7% in part because of out-of-control federal spending. Soaring inflation increases the cost of everything from groceries to gasoline. The Inflation Prevention Act would bar legislation, based on an analysis of each bill from…

Huizenga Statement on Supreme Court Mandate Rulings

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled on the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Mandates.  “The Supreme Court made the right decision to strike down the Biden OSHA Mandate on employers across the nation,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “However, I’m disappointed the Supreme Court did not do the same for the CMS…

Huizenga, Big Tech Task Force Call on New Twitter CEO to End Censorship of Conservatives

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Yesterday, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), a member of the Republican Big Tech, Censorship and Data Task Force, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairwoman of the task force, and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY) released a letter sent to Twitter Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal pressing him to clarify how he will end censorship of conservatives, uphold the First…

Huizenga Statement on Safe Release of American Hostages

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) issued the following statement after the American missionaries who were being held hostage in Haiti were safely released: “Today is the day we have been hoping for, praying for, and working so hard to achieve,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “I want to thank members of the hostage negotiation team for their diligence in securing the safe release…

Huizenga, MI Republicans to Secretary of State Benson: Michigan’s Voter Rolls Need to be Cleaned Up

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released a letter sent to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Friday requesting Michigan’s top election official clarify the processes that were in place prior to the 2020 election to authenticate ballots and the processes currently in place for future elections. The Huizenga-led letter was signed by all the Republican members of the…

Huizenga Cosponsors Measure to Nullify Biden Vaccine Mandate on Health Care Workers

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) announced his support for using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify President Biden’s Vaccine Mandate related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) employees. Using the CRA to strike down the CMS Mandate will remove the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for virtually all health care employees. “Since President Biden first…