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Unacceptable, Insufficient, and Embarrassing: Huizenga Torches SEC Chair Gary Gensler For Agency's Failure to Comply with Congressional Oversight

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for the House Committee on Financial Services, delivered pointed questions to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Rep. Huizenga pressed Chair Gensler on the SEC’s lack of transparency, accountability, and overall failure to produce…

Weekly Column: Republicans Want to Lower Prices for SW Michigan

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Last week, House Republicans passed a major part of our Commitment to America. The Lower Energy Costs Act is designed to strengthen our economy and lower prices by unleashing American energy production, modernizing our sorely outdated permitting process, and increasing domestic processing of critical minerals.  Over the past two years, too many Southwest Michigan residents have…

Huizenga Votes to Unleash American Energy, Lower Prices, & Strengthen Our Economy

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act.  The Lower Energy Costs Act will strengthen our economy and lower prices for Michiganders by unleashing American energy, modernizing our sorely outdated permitting process, and increasing domestic production of critical minerals. This will lower…

Huizenga Holds Initial Oversight Hearing of Biden Administration Bureaucrats

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled, “Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Wasteful Spending and Regulatory Overreach.” During the hearing, the Subcommittee heard testimony from the Inspectors General of the SEC, Federal Reserve/CFPB and the Treasury Department.…

Huizenga Discusses New COVID Origin Information on Fox Business

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Yesterday, Congressman Huizenga appeared on Varney & Co to discuss the latest developments on the Biden Administration's push to ban gas stoves as well as new information regarding the origin of COVID. During the interview, Congressman Huizenga states that funding for labs in China should be on the chopping block. Congressman Huizenga's full conversation on Fox Business is available…

Bicameral Oversight: Huizenga, McHenry, Scott Demand Information from SEC Chair on Disastrous Climate Disclosure Proposal

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Today, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Bill Huizenga (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler demanding records and other…

Huizenga Named to House Foreign Affairs Committee

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) announced he will be serving for the first time on the House Foreign Affairs Committee during the 118th Congress. The House Foreign Affairs Committee has jurisdiction over issues pertaining to foreign policy, national security, diplomatic security, and a host of international organizations. Huizenga will serve on the Subcommittee on Europe and has…

Weekly Column: STOVE Act & Chairing Financial Services Oversight

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There is an ever-present battle going on in Washington over the proper size, role, and scope of the federal government. We recently saw this struggle play out regarding gas stoves when Richard Trumka Jr., a commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, said “any option is on the table” including a potential ban on gas stoves.  If left unchecked, bad ideas from…

Huizenga Discusses STOVE Act, Holding Bureaucrats Accountable in the Detroit News

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A Michigan lawmaker has introduced a bill in Congress that would preemptively prohibit the federal government from restricting or banning the use of gas stoves, though the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission recently insisted it has no plans to do so. The legislation from Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga of Holland is dubbed the Stop Trying to Obsessively Vilify Energy…

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