Congressman Bill Huizenga: Let's get serious about spending
MLive - Dave Alexander
January 7, 2013
MUSKEGON, MI – Congressman Bill Huizenga emphasized with MLive readers in a live chat Monday morning that his concern is not a new federal tax bill but now legislation that will rein in federal spending.
Huizenga, R-Zeeland, came off an intense week in Washington ending his first… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga to visit Marge's Donut Den for small-business talk
M Live - Matt Vande Bunte
January 07, 2013
KENT COUNTY, MI – U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga will spend time Tuesday, Jan. 8, meeting with a variety of constituents in new parts of the Second Congressional District he represents. The Zeeland Republican who just began his second 2-year term plans visits to sites in… Read more »
Local congressional representatives take oaths of office
The Ludington Daily News
January 4, 2013
It’s official. Mason County is now served by two members of Congress, Michigan 2nd District U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, and Michigan 1st District U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, RCrystal Falls.
The two members of Congress were sworn in as members of the 113th Congress Thursday, each… Read more »
Without Action, Taxes Go Up On All
Huizenga says Senate won’t present plan, bend on entitlements
The Ludington Daily News - Steve Begnoche
December 29, 2012
The next move in how to avoid the fiscal cliff is in the Democrats’ hands, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga told reporters Friday.
“The Senate has to take some action,” Huizenga said, adding the Democratic- controlled Senate… Read more »
Lawmakers diverge over fiscal cliff
The Holland Sentinel - Andrea Goodell
December 28, 2012
Washington, D.C. — It’s going to be one heck of a New Year’s Eve on Capitol Hill.
As the clock ticks down, lawmakers on both side of the aisle are struggling to devise a solution to avert a plunge over the fiscal cliff and into higher taxes for everyone.
The atmosphere was… Read more »
EPA Intends to Propose Permit Decision On Coal-Powered Car Ferry by March 2013
By Anthony Adragna | December 19, 2012
(BNA) - The Environmental Protection Agency said it intends to make a decision by March 1, 2013, on whether to extend a Clean Water Act permit for one of the last remaining coal-powered car ferries in the United States to continue discharging coal ash into Lake… Read more »
Bill Huizenga warns of 'fiscal cliff' implications for small businesses
MLive - Greg Chandler | The Grand Rapids Press
December 17, 2012
HOLLAND – U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga says small, family-owned businesses could be among those most affected if President Obama and Congress cannot agree on a solution to the so-called “fiscal cliff.
Huizenga, R-Zeeland, illustrated the… Read more »
Historic ferry SS Badger's future in doubt with EPA permit about to expire
The Detroit Free Press, Todd Spangler - December 1, 2012
WASHINGTON -- A historic ferry that has shuttled passengers, vehicles and freight across Lake Michigan for decades is in danger of being put in permanent dry dock.
The spotlight is again on the coal-fired SS Badger because a crucial federal… Read more »
Rep. Bill Huizenga Receives 2012 FreedomWorks 'FreedomFighter Award'
The Holland Sentinel
September 25, 2012
Washington, D.C. - Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, was awarded FreedomWorks' "first annual FreedomFighter Award.”
FreedomWorks is an activist organaization "fighting for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom."
To qualify for the award, each recipient earned… Read more »
Huizenga Pushes Prison Labor Reform; Local Businesses Could Benefit
The Holland Sentinel
Andrea Goodell
September 22, 2012
Washington, D.C. — Rep. Bill Huizenga is leading a charge to rein in Federal Prison Industries, a federally-owned industry that provides everything from polo shirts to desk chairs for federal contracts.
Those federal contracts, the Zeeland Republican… Read more »
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