House Republicans stand their ground Thought dead after 2012, GOP hasn't changed to appease critics Detroit News - Marisa Schultz April 4, 2013 at 1:00 am Washington — After a bruising start to 2013, Speaker John Boehner led his Republican House delegation to its party retreat in Williamsburg, Va., to forge a more practical path. Divisions lingered over the fiscal cliff deal on Jan. 1 that ushered in tax increases for high-income households, normal wage earners and investors as well as sharpened... Read more

Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after voting in support of reforming the nation's entitlement programs, making government more efficient, and responsibly balancing the budget: "Today's vote shows the determination of the House to get the nation's fiscal house in order. The House Republican budget reduces deficits by $4.6 trillion over the next ten years, not by raising taxes, but by targeting wasteful spending and making common-sense reforms to the drivers of t... Read more

Huizenga, President Agree The Detroit News - Political Insider March 14, 2013 President Barack Obama visited Wednesday with House Republicans on Capitol Hill to build bridges for a grand bargain on the budget. U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, said although "a deep philosophical divide" remains between Republicans and the Democratic president on the role of government, he found some common ground with Obama: protecting the Great Lakes. After the discussion, Huizenga said he approached Obama, f... Read more

House GOP warily holds out hand to Obama CNN - Senior Congressional Producer - Deirdre Walsh March 13, 2013 Washington (CNN) -- When President Barack Obama enters the conference room in the Capitol basement Wednesday to sit down with House Republicans, he'll be met by a group that says it's willing to listen but deeply skeptical of the president's so-called "charm offensive." "There is clearly some healing to the relationship that has to happen on all sides. You don't solve that with one nice di... Read more

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 based on partisan political identification, but a philosophical gap. “The real divide isn’t 'R' versus 'D.' It really is the ... 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 budget to make it through the rest of the current fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. Huizenga continues to say the way cuts are... 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 reminding Michigan residents the Capitol Building where they work remains open for tours — in addition to other Washington attra... 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 the board cuts would cause the White House to close its doors is laughable. The latest move by the Obama Administr... Read more

Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after the State Department released its draft assessment regarding the environmental impact of the revised Keystone XL pipeline: "Approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is crucial for American job creation and energy security," said Huizenga. "Today's draft assessment is the first step toward ensuring economic growth, good-paying middle class jobs, and a secure source of energy from our neighbors to the north. The fact is this oil ... 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 overspending. So that means the trillion dollars plus that we are putting on the credit card, we are trimming that back by 80 to 85 billion... Read more