Canceling tours of White House due to cuts 'laughable' The Detroit News - Marisa Schultz March 7, 2013 Michigan's Republican congressional members were stunned when the Obama administration decided Tuesday to cancel White House tours because of staff shortages it attributed to the sequester cuts. They tried to stop a potential tourism drop from the Great Lakes State by reminding Michigan residents... Read more »
Policy, not politics, needed on Violence Against Women Act The Holland Sentinel Rep. Bill Huizenga March 6, 2013 We need to have programs in place to help women and children who have been abused, which is why I voted for the improved House version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The House VAWA reauthorization was the strongest and best suited legislation to help all women, by providing t... Read more »
Huizenga Grills Bernanke on Long-Term "Entitlement" Funding Reform WHTC - Thursday, February 28, 2013 WASHINGTON (WHTC) - While most of the attention dealt with the here and now when Ben Bernanke appeared before the House Financial Services Subcommittee yesterday, one Congressman had something more long-term in mind when he had his five minutes with the Fed Chairman. Bill Huizenga had asked Bernan... Read more »
Local Lawmaker Applauds Audit At LG Chem, Urges More WWMT - News Channel 3 February 21, 8:30 PM Watch video of the news broadcast on LG HERE HOLLAND, Mich. - A local lawmaker is pushing for change after a government audit determined that a Holland battery facility mis-used stimulus money. The Department of Energy found that LG Chem was paying employees to play games and do community service projec... Read more »
Rep. Bill Huizenga: Trails, national forests on snowmobile tour are 'Pure Michigan' MLive - Muskegon Chronicle February 20, 2013 MERRILL TOWNSHIP, MI – Deep into the snowy Manistee National Forest, there's a bar and grill with great brick-oven pizza. It's a little out-of-the-way – unless you're on a snow machine in the forest's trail system. Then, it's pretty handy. On a snowmobile tour into easil... Read more »
Congressman Huizenga Snowmobiles Through Northern Michigan 9&10 News February 20, 2013 Click HERE to watch the newscast covering Congressman Huizenga's town hall discussions on access to the national forest. Congressman Bill Huizenga rode through Lake and Newaygo Counties today hosting town hall meetings along the way. Snowmobile groups are trying to connect thousands of miles of trails and need t... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Huizenga Wants Audits For All Stimulus-Funded Energy Programs In Wake Of LG Chem Report MLive - The Grand Rapids Press Aaron Aupperlee February 20, 2013 GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Frustrated by wasted taxpayer dollars and unrealistic expectations of the beleaguered LG Chem battery program in his home district, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga demanded the government audit more stimulus-funded manufacturi... Read more »
Rep. Huizenga to snowmobile, hold meetings The Associated Press February 19, 2013 Bill Huizenga is hitting the snowmobile trail this week and holding meetings along the way. The Republican congressman from Zeeland starts his 2013 Congressional Snowmobile Ride on Wednesday in the Baldwin area. A ride is planned through the Huron-Manistee National Forest and meetings with constituents are planned th... Read more »
The Zeeland Republican wants the international community to think about more economic sanctions and reconsider food aid and other programs. Greg Ghering, WOOD Radio News Team The United Nations Security Council says it "strongly condemns" North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday. In Washington, DC, West Michigan congressman Bill Huizenga told WOOD Radio the world needs to respond with more than just wor... Read more »
Rep. Huizenga: Dissolving Jobs Council ‘Shocking’ Newsmax - David Yonkman January 31, 2013 President Barack Obama will let his jobs council expire this week, winding down one source of input from the business community even as unemployment remains stubbornly high, a move U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga tells Newsmax is “shocking.” “It's shocking the White House is dissolving the President's 'Jobs Council,... Read more »
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