Upon news that Holland Harbor would receive $591,000 and Manistee $500,000 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for harbor maintenance and operations, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga released the following statement: "I applaud the Corps' decision to release this money. It is an invaluable step in maintaining and strengthening the flow of commerce into West Michigan harbors and the local economies," Huiz... Read more »
The House of Representatives passed with U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga’s support a bill that will save billions of tax dollars by cutting a provision from President Obama’s health care law that even the Administration agreed was unworkable. “I strongly support any bill to ensure that not one cent of taxpayer dollars is wasted under a government program. We have bipartisan agreement that this program nee... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, hosted a teletown hall on February 2, to hear from constituents across the 2nd District on current events in the district and D.C., including the Keystone Pipeline, what’s on the agenda for the year ahead in Congress, continued efforts to cut spending and promote job creation, the deficit and debt’s impact on the economy, his recent visit to thank the troops from Mi... Read more »
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its budget and economic projections for the next 10 years, which predict that under current law, America’s debt will exceed $1 trillion for the fourth consecutive year, and the U.S. will continue to see poor economic growth and continued high unemployment, topping 9 percent next year. “This report is a very clear economic alarm,” said Rep... Read more »
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, Dan Benishek, MI-01, and Dave Camp, MI-04, today applauded the U.S. Forest Service’s final decision to continue to allow firearm hunting and snowmobiling on 66,000 acres of Huron-Manistee National Forest. The Michigan Representatives submitted a comment last year to the USFS urging them to allow hunting and snowmobiling to continue in the Huron-Manistee National Fo... Read more »
Following tonight’s State of the Union address to Congress and the nation, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga reports from the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol that he was ‘a little frustrated’ with the President’s speech. Click here for the video, and see below for the transcript: “Actions speak louder than words. The President was talking about security for our energy and making sure that we’ve got a strong dom... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, announces two 2nd District residents who will be attending tonight’s State of the Union: U.S. Marine Sgt. Cory Gritter of Graafschap, MI, will join Huizenga as his guest. Bryan Ritterby, of Holland, Michigan, will be seated with the First Lady. Gritter, a decorated Marine, enlisted in 2005 after graduating from Holland Christian High School. Service is a family trad... Read more »
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga returned from a trip to Afghanistan, where as promised he visited and thanked our troops and learned more about the mission on the ground. He had the chance to meet soldiers from across Michigan, including Ludington, Grand Rapids, and Detroit. “I was honored to be able to personally thank the men and women of our armed forces for a great job on our missions there... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga released the following reaction to President Obama today denying the application to build the Keystone Pipeline, which Huizenga has strongly supported: “Obama today has shut off the pipe to U.S. job creation and energy independence, and opened the spigot for China to come in and take that oil. It is very disheartening that President Obama would so blatantly illustrate he is... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga has nominated 14 students to be considered for acceptance into the 2016 class of the U.S. Military, Air Force, Navy, and Merchant Marine Academies. “I admire these students who answer the call to serve our country. It is an honor to nominate such motivated and brave young men and women from West Michigan in their application to the U.S. Service Academies.” Huizenga said. Th... Read more »
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