Last week’s guest on The Everything Financial Radio Show, hosted by financial advisor Dennis Tubbergen, was Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, who hopes to run for President of the United States as a third party candidate. Tubbergen’s guest this week is Congressman Bill Huizenga, who represents the 2nd District of Michigan.
Congressman Huizenga was born and raised in Zeeland, Michigan… Read more »
The U.S. House debated and passed Rep. Huizenga's consumer protection bill, H.R. 4014 unanimously after support from across the aisle during floor debate this afternoon.
Click here to see Rep. Huizenga's floor remarks introducing the bill.
H.R. 4014 enhances consumer protection by ensuring that financial and personal information shared with the new government agency created under… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga today joined the House to pass the bipartisan Protecting Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act, which repeals one of the most deeply-flawed creations of President Obama's health care law, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), and replace it with meaningful and necessary medical malpractice lawsuit abuse reform.
IPAB is an unelected and unaccountable board of 15… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House Budget Committee, led by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, released its 2013 Budget. To view the whole budget, click here: http://budget.house.gov/prosperity/fy2013.htm
Budget highlights:
Cuts government spending to protect hardworking taxpayers;
Tackles the drivers of our debt, so our troops don’t pay the price for Washington’s… Read more »
Last night, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, reached more than 10,000 constituents via telephone for a discussion on everything from Social Security to the Keystone Pipeline to the budget to gas prices. If you missed the call, click the link to listen to it in its entirety. To leave a comment for Rep. Huizenga or to be included in his next teletown hall call list, visit… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga applauded Michigan’s recovery, most recently marked by the lowest unemployment rate since 2008:
“Michigan is a great example of recovery, and I hope the President and Senate Democrats take note. Not only did we balance the budget and see a surplus in one year, after a decade of poor economic outlook, Michigan now have the lowest unemployment rate since… Read more »
Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, MI-02 and Carolyn Maloney, NY-14, joined with manufacturing and service companies to call for passage of legislation that will once again allow local job creators in these industries to compete on equal footing for contracts with the federal government.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FULL PRESS CONFERENCE.
“This bill requires the government agencies to… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, Barney Frank, MA-04, Jim Sensenbrenner, WI-5, Carolyn Maloney, NY-14, Walter B. Jones, Jr., NC-3, and Howard Coble, NC-6, are hosting a bipartisan press conference TODAY at 2:30 p.m. to announce their legislation that will once again allow local job creators - especially manufacturers and service industries - to compete on equal footing for contracts with… Read more »
The Financial Services Committee will meet on Thursday to consider a package of bills aimed at removing government barriers to job creation and economic growth.
Under Chairman Spencer Bachus’ leadership, the Committee has led efforts to reduce regulatory barriers that hinder small businesses’ access to the capital markets. Since the beginning of 2011, the Committee has approved… Read more »
