U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga released the following statement on today’s Department of Labor December report that the nation’s unemployment rate is above 8 percent for the 35th consecutive month: “I am cautiously encouraged that once again the national unemployment numbers dropped marginally, but we cannot forget the ‘hidden unemployed,’ those who have simply stopped looking for work and don’t get coun... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga and House Republicans will vote tomorrow to defeat the Senate's temporary two-month Social Security payroll tax cut band-aid in favor of a more consistent and employee-friendly 12-month extension, preventing a $1,000 tax hike on American families, giving predictability to Medicare recipients and providers, and providing a reliable safety net for the unemployed. "Congress mu... Read more »
A Freshman's Year In A Dysfunctional Congress Washington, D.C. – This weekend, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga spoke with Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon about his year in Congress, the Payroll Tax Cut fight playing out in D.C. this week, and gets a guest appearance from Roxy. Click here to listen to and read the full interview. ### Read more »
Veterans of the 2nd District and their families are invited to an event TODAY, December 15 at the Fremont VFW to learn how Rep. Huizenga’s office can help them receive the military medals they earned for outstanding service to our nation. The event will walk through how the process of receiving the medals works and offers the chance for veterans or the families of deceased veterans to submit or ob... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, along with Reps. Carolyn Maloney, NY-14, Barney Frank, MA-04, and Jim Sensenbrenner, WI-05, announce legislation that will once again allow local job creators - especially manufacturers and service industries - to compete on equal footing for contracts with the federal government. Under this bill, H.R. 3634, Unicor, a government-owned corporation that employs federa... Read more »
Rep. Bill Huizenga this week co-sponsored H.R. 3550, the RESTRICT Act, and participated in a hearing on increasing transparency and accountability for Members of Congress in their personal financial transactions. These rules exceed the current requirements placed on Wall Street traders and others involved in the financial services industry. "Existing law clearly states no Members of Congress are a... Read more »
West Michigan’s small businesses and entrepreneurs this year have told me the same one thing they need from the federal government to create jobs: Certainty. They need to know what their tax burden, their health care requirements, and their compliance rules are. Yet I continue to hear that Administration agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, National Labor Review Board, and the Patent... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, hosted a tele-town hall Wednesday and heard from constituents across the 2nd District on current events in the district and D.C., including the latest on the Supercommittee’s failure and what’s next in the efforts by Congress to cut spending and promote job creation, to the deficit and debt’s impact on the economy. “Tele-town halls are a great way to reach out to ma... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga released the following statement on today’s Department of Labor report for November that the nation’s unemployment rate dipped .4 percent: “I am cautiously encouraged that the national unemployment numbers dropped marginally. Unfortunately, Michigan still has double digit unemployment. There’s the specter of a potential financial crisis in the Eurozone that, as did our own ... Read more »
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, MD-08, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Dutch Caucus, today hosted Prime Minister Mark Rutte at a Congressional lunch in honor of his visit to the United States. “I am pleased by the opportunity to hear firsthand from Prime Minister Rutte about how Europe is working on its financial situation, and to discuss how our countries can... Read more »
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