FPI Reform Bill Gets Closer Look From House Small Business Subcommittee
Bloomberg BNA
Dave Hansen
July 02, 2012 9:56PM ET
July 3 (BNA - Federal Contracts Report) -- Congress must pass the Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act (H.R. 3634) to level the playing field with private companies, bill sponsor Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) told the House Committee on… Read more »
Rep. Bill Huizenga On Affordable Care Act Ruling: Health Care Tax Hurts Middle Class
MLive Op-Ed
Congressman Bill Huizenga
Thursday, June 28, 2012, 10:12 PM
HOLLAND, MI — In his guest column below, Rep. Bill Huizenga says the Supreme Court made one thing clear on Thursday: The individual mandate component of President Obama's health care plan is a tax.
Huizenga says the… Read more »
Critics Target Federal Prison Industries’ Contracting Preferences
The Federal Times
Sarah Chacko
June 29, 2012
Some small businesses and lawmakers are pushing to curtail contracting preferences given to Federal Prison Industries.
Agencies must procure products and services from Federal Prison Industries (FPI), which uses the brand name commonly known as UNICOR, in… Read more »
Huizenga Uses Video To Revive Bill
The Holland Sentinel
Andrea Goodell
June 22, 2012 5:35 PM
Washington, D.C. — Rep. Bill Huizenga chose a different way to tell constituents about a bill he’s introduced.
In a video released this week, he stood with the Supreme Court as his backdrop and outlined the Health Freedom for Seniors Act, which would allow seniors to roll money from… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga has no faith in Attorney General Eric Holder due to 'Fast and Furious' program
MLive
Nate Reens
June 21, 2012
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Zeeland Republican Bill Huizenga, who in March co-sponsored a no confidence resolution against embattled Attorney General Eric Holder, will vote next week to hold the country’s top law enforcement leader in contempt of Congress.… Read more »
It is a common trick employed to get around “Buy American” restrictions, said Rep. Bill Huizenga (R., Mich.). Products manufactured using foreign components still qualify if they are physically assembled in the United States. “It’s yet another outrage on what is happening with our tax dollars,” he told the Washington Free Beacon. Huizenga has sponsored legislation to… Read more »
The Folly of Obamacare
The Washington Post
Robert Samuelson
June 17, 2012
We pay our presidents for judgment, and President Obama committed a colossal error of judgment in making health-care “reform” a centerpiece of his first term. Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — and regardless of how the court decides — it’s clear that Obama overreached.… Read more »
This morning Congressman Huizenga met with Michigan veterans of WWII at the National World War II Memorial in Washington DC. David Sherpardson reports:
Ford Motor Co. flew 75 World War II veterans from Michigan and Kentucky to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington on Wednesday, the 68th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France. ...
Paul Linder, of Fremont, served… Read more »
This morning Congressman Huizenga was in Ludington for this year's maiden voyage of the S.S. Badger. The Ludington Daily News covered the press conference prior to the Badger setting sail as well as the Badger's inaugural trip across Lake Michigan for 2012.
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga attended Thursday’s press conference to say he supports LMC’s efforts to continue ferry service… Read more »
There’s an old joke about a married couple that’s asked about their hobbies and interests. The husband says he’s focused on “important things” — like the federal budget, health care reform and peace in the Middle East. The wife says she’s focused on the “small things” — like their household budget, their children’s health care and keeping peace within their family.
There’s an… Read more »
