Rep. Bill Huizenga Receives 2012 FreedomWorks 'FreedomFighter Award'
The Holland Sentinel
September 25, 2012
Washington, D.C. - Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, was awarded FreedomWorks' "first annual FreedomFighter Award.”
FreedomWorks is an activist organaization "fighting for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom."
To qualify for the award, each recipient earned… Read more »
Huizenga Pushes Prison Labor Reform; Local Businesses Could Benefit
The Holland Sentinel
Andrea Goodell
September 22, 2012
Washington, D.C. — Rep. Bill Huizenga is leading a charge to rein in Federal Prison Industries, a federally-owned industry that provides everything from polo shirts to desk chairs for federal contracts.
Those federal contracts, the Zeeland Republican… Read more »
Will a Federal Prisoner Steal Your Job?
ABC News
Alan Farnham
Sept. 19, 2012
It's hard to compete with workers willing to take pay as low as 23 cents an hour. Do we mean workers in Mexico or China? No. We mean Americans in federal prisons.
An Alabama clothing-maker recently found out just how hard, according to the Myrtle Beach Sun-News: American Apparel of Selma had to lay… Read more »
Workplace travesty
The Dothan Eagle ( Dothan, Alabama)
Editorial
September 19, 2012
Recently, American Power Source, an apparel manufacturing company that makes military uniforms at plants in Fayette, located in northwest Alabama, and in Columbus, Miss., announced its plants would close in October after its government contract expires.
In the global economy, Alabama has lost… Read more »
AUDIO: Listen to Congressman Huizenga's full interview with Matt Patrick of KTRH HERE
Manufacturers fear layoffs with no-bid process
KTRH
Nik Rajkovic
September 19, 2012
Texas prisoners make everything from state flags to office chairs, ornamental fencing, even polo shirts. Now the national prison industry is going after military uniforms.
Joel Ortega manages… Read more »
Huizenga honored by small business group
The Holland Sentinel
Stephen Kloosterman
September 19, 2012
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, was honored Monday by a small business group.
The National Federation of Independent Business, or NFIB, describes itself as a nonprofit and nonpartisan group focused on public policy issues important to small businesses.
The group named… Read more »
American Prison Labor Means Longer Unemployment Lines
Fox News - Elizabeth Prann
September 16, 2012
Two southeast companies that make U.S. military uniforms are shedding hundreds of jobs, as the government looks to federal inmates for the fatigues.
American Power Source makes military clothing in Fayette, Ala., but its government contract expires in October. Federal… Read more »
Fed Move Highlights Economic Uncertainty: Lawmaker
CNBC
Justin Menza
September 13, 2012
A top Congressional Republican expressed skepticism on Thursday about how much the Federal Reserve can do with a new round of to bolster the economy and spur hiring, adding that it underscored how uncertain conditions really are.
In the wake of the Fed's decision to flood markets with a… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) issued the following statement after learning of John Buckley's appointment to the Credit Union Advisory Council at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):
"John Buckley's appointment to the Credit Union Advisory Council will bring a voice of reason to the table. John understands the negative impact on both lenders and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) issued the following statement on the national jobs report for August:
"While President Obama can give a good speech, his rhetoric on the economy doesn't match his record. For 43 consecutive months, nearly every day President Obama has been in office, unemployment has been above 8% and today over 23 million Americans are either unemployed,… Read more »
