Bill Huizenga Q&A on the insanity of sequestration
Mlive - Matt Vande Bunte
March 11, 2013
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – What’s more insane, gashing federal spending by sequestration or continuing to spend money the country does not have?
After two years representing Michigan’s Second Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, said gridlock in Washington, D.C. isn’t… Read more »
Huizenga ‘Comfortable’ With Cuts, Says ‘We Need To Be Smarter About How To Spend The Limited Resources We Have’
The Ludington Daily News- Steve Begnoche
March 6, 2013
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga and his Republican counterparts are looking beyond the sequester cuts now filtering into place and are set to approve a continuing resolution that embraces the $85 billion in cuts in a… Read more »
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… 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… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after learning President Obama has decided to close the White House to the general public:
"It is simply embarrassing that President Obama would decide to close the doors of the White House to the general public, while allowing 'pay to play' access for his friends and high-paying donors. The notion that modest across… Read more »
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) appeared on "To The Point" with Rick Albin to discuss sequestration and Washington's out of control spending.
Watch Congressman Huizenga's full interview on "To The Point" HERE
On Sequestration: We are going to be cutting somewhere between 7% and 8% of our overspending, not our total spending, our… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more »
