Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and a bipartisan group of Michigan representatives, released a letter to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) proposed fee increases for small business employers. The rule, proposed by the Biden Administration in January, would raise the cost of the H-2A petition fee for named workers from $460 to… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04), Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for the House Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement on the Federal Reserve's SVB report.
"While this report by the Federal Reserve recognizes the clear failure of bank management to address risks created by rising interest rates, it falls short of fully… Read more »
Yesterday, the House Committee on Financial Services successfully advanced Congressman Huizenga’s legislation, the Accredited Investor Definition Review Act, with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 41-2. The Accredited Investor Definition Review Act would modernize Securities Act of 1933 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act with respect to the definition of… Read more »
This week marks 100 days since I began serving Michigan’s 4th Congressional District. In this time, we’ve been very busy in the House – having passed more than 59 bills and held over 235 hearings in which Biden officials testified. From establishing a Select Committee on China to passing our top priority, the Lower Energy Costs Act, many big initiatives have been put into motion.
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Yesterday, Congressman Bill Huizenga, Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for the House Committee on Financial Services, grilled Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler on his agency's lack of transparency and responsiveness to congressional request for documents.
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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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04), who serves as the Republican Co-Chair of the Great Lakes Task Force and the US-Canada Inter-parliamentary Group, released the following statement after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will spend approximately $300 million over the next decade to protect the Great Lakes.
“This increased funding commitment to help… Read more »
Last night, Congressmen Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Chairman of the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and head of the Republican ESG Working Group, joined the “Evening Edit” to discuss President Biden’s veto and how it will negatively impact retirement savings for those in Michigan and across the nation.
To watch the full conversation, click on the link… Read more »
