On Tuesday, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) will hold a town hall meeting with constituents at Bayberry Farms Village in Wyoming. This will be the Congressman's first town hall in the recently redrawn Second District. Congressman Huizenga will give brief opening remarks and then open the floor for questions from the community. Tuesday's meeting is open to both the public as well as… Read more »
Huizenga introduces legislation to aid seniors
Mason County Press
April 18, 2013
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after introducing the Health Freedom for Seniors Act, legislation allowing seniors to roll the required minimum distribution from their retirement accounts directly into a health savings account tax free.
“Currently, those who reach… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after introducing the Health Freedom for Seniors Act, legislation allowing seniors to roll the required minimum distribution from their retirement accounts directly into a health savings account tax free:
"Currently, those who reach age 70 and one-half must begin taking a 'required minimum distribution' from their… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) introduced H.R. 1484, the Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2013. This legislation provides consumers with an easily searchable list of Medicare payment rates for the 30 most common inpatient and outpatient hospital procedures, along with the rates of the 30 most common physician services in the consumers' region.… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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 »
