Why I Voted To Prevent A Government Shutdown
By Rep. Bill Huizenga
There has been a lot of misinformation being spread about the latest bipartisan government funding bill that passed the House on Thursday night, and I wanted to take a few minutes to explain why I ultimately supported the bill.
The funding bill known officially as, the Consolidated and Further Continuing… Read more »
Tonight, Congressman Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after voting to keep the government open, slash the IRS Budget, and enact conservative reforms.
“This bipartisan agreement remains consistent with the budget negotiated by Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray. Additionally, this legislation spends less than the most conservative budget put forward by Republicans… Read more »
On Friday, Congressman Huizenga spoke with the Ludington Daily News about President Obama's latest executive action, how Congress will respond, and what bipartisan steps can be taken to begin to fix our nation's broken immigration system. Below are excerpts from the interview, which is available in it's entirety here.
Huizenga says Congress is considering response to Obama's… Read more »
On Friday, the Obama Administration released its health care cost projections for 2015 and the news isn't good for Michigan families. Despite numerous promises of lower costs from the Administration and its supporters on Capitol Hill, the majority of Michiganders will be hit with significant cost increases in the year ahead. Making matters worse, residents in the most populous… Read more »
Tonight, the House passed H.R. 4 – the Jobs for America Act – a package of 15 bills designed to strengthen the economy. Included in the jobs package was H.R. 2274 authored by Congressman Huizenga. H.R. 2274 removes regulatory roadblocks surrounding the sale and transfer of small and mid-sized businesses. The House jobs package passed by a vote of 253 to 163. After the… Read more »
Yesterday, Congressman Huizenga visited Industrial Innovations' manufacturing facility in Grandville to discuss federal workforce training programs and reforming the tax code to provide certainty for Michigan manufacturers. The very tax provision mentioned by Industrial Innovations owner Troy Turnbull is one of the 43 House-passed jobs bills currently stuck in the Senate. H.R. 4457 would… Read more »
This evening, the House passed H.R. 4315, the Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act, by a vote of 233 to 190. H.R. 4315 contains Congressman Huizenga's Endangered Species Act reform proposal that prioritizes taxpayer dollars for species protection and recovery instead of lining the pockets of trial attorneys. Rep Huizenga's provision places reasonable caps on attorneys'… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after the House passed, H.R. 5016, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for 2015 by a vote of 228 to 195. This legislation includes the Huizenga Amendment which cuts over $788 million from the IRS Budget. Overall, the bill reduces the IRS Budget by $1.48 billion compared to last year's… Read more »
Last night, the House adopted an amendment to H.R. 5016, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for 2015 introduced by Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) that cut over $788 million from the IRS Enforcement Budget. The amendment was introduced as a response to the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of Americans based on their political beliefs, as well as, the… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4923, the Energy & Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2015 by a vote of 253 to 170:
"This piece of legislation means more to the Great Lakes than any other Energy and Water Bill passed in the last 10 years. The inclusion of the Huizenga-Hahn… Read more »
