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Huizenga Statement on President Biden's State of the Union

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Last night, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address. “It was good to see strong support on both sides of the aisle for Ukraine and it’s people this evening. While President Biden made impassioned statements, we must do more to help our Ukrainian Allies. First and foremost, it doesn’t make sense for…

Huizenga Calls on U.S. Stock Markets to Permanently Suspend Trading of Russian Companies

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ranking Member of the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets Subcommittee released the following statement on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq’s decision to temporarily halt trading in the stocks of Russia-based companies listed on their exchanges. “The move by the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq to…

Huizenga Statement on Federal Reserve Signaling Looming Interest Rate Increase

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ranking Member of the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets Subcommittee released the following statement after the Federal Reserve signaled its plan to raise interest rates in March. “For far too long, the Federal Reserve has chosen artificially low interest rates, as opposed to free-market principles,” said Congressman Bill…

Huizenga Cosponsors Bill to Combat Washington’s Addiction to Spending, Soaring Inflation

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) announced his support for the Inflation Prevention Act. In December, the year-over-year inflation rate hit a 40 year high of 7% in part because of out-of-control federal spending. Soaring inflation increases the cost of everything from groceries to gasoline. The Inflation Prevention Act would bar legislation, based on an analysis of each bill from…

Huizenga Statement on Supreme Court Mandate Rulings

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled on the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Mandates.  “The Supreme Court made the right decision to strike down the Biden OSHA Mandate on employers across the nation,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “However, I’m disappointed the Supreme Court did not do the same for the CMS…

Huizenga Talks Inflation, President Biden's Failed Agenda on Fox Business

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Last night, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) joined “Fox Business Tonight” to discuss the latest actions by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation and how President Biden’s failed economic policies are raising costs on families in Michigan and across America. You can watch the Congressman's full interview by clicking the photo below. …

Huizenga Cosponsors Measure to Nullify Biden Vaccine Mandate on Health Care Workers

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) announced his support for using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify President Biden’s Vaccine Mandate related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) employees. Using the CRA to strike down the CMS Mandate will remove the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for virtually all health care employees. “Since President Biden first…

Huizenga: Updated CBO Score Shows the President’s Proposal Spends Nearly $5 Trillion and Adds $3 Trillion to the Debt

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released an updated finding on President Biden’s “Build Back Better” proposal when viewed through the standard 10 year budget window. “The cost of President Biden’s signature proposal is not zero as he falsely claimed,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “According to the…

Tax Scorekeeper: The Biden/Pelosi Scoop and Snoop IRS Proposal Could Impact Up to 90% of American Taxpayers

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement after the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirmed that an average of 87 million American taxpayers earning less than $400,000 would have their account information reported to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under President Biden’s IRS targeting proposal. This letter indicates that an average of…

VIDEO: Huizenga Votes No on President Biden's Buy Back Voters Act

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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement after voting against President Biden and Speaker Pelosi’s multi-trillion-dollar spending spree known as the Buy Back Voters Act. “This out-of-control spending spree could have been stopped by blocking passage of the infrastructure bill,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “Democrats tied the infrastructure bill to…

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