This week, the U.S. had the dubious honor of passing $15,000,000,000,000 in debt – yes, 12 zeroes. This is the equivalent of charging 95 percent of your salary on your credit cards, and no West Michigan family or small business would survive long with that much spending.
Neither will the federal government. That’s why I introduced the Honest Budget Act, H.R. 3414; I believe you have… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, said today that “Washington missed yet another opportunity to truly change course on its spending crisis” by failing to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
While a majority of the House voted for the measure 261-165, a Constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority.
Huizenga, a cosponsor and strong supporter of H.J.Res. 2,… Read more »
Our nation’s lack of long-term budgeting combined with record levels of out-of-control spending means that on November 16, America passed $15 trillion in debt – reaching nearly 99 percent of our economy.
This dubious landmark should signal one thing only: That is far past time the federal government pays down America’s unsustainable debt burden and learns to tighten its belt just like… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga released the following statement on the October Jobs Report that national unemployment is over 9 percent:
"Nine percent is too high to not prioritize the passage of common sense, job-creating solutions, like those the House of Representatives has worked on all year.
Even the Democrats in the Senate found the President's 'jobs plan' didn't adequately… Read more »
Taking questions from across the nation, and even Wexford County, MI, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning to discuss global economic policy.
He was asked about a variety of topics, including the Greek economic crisis, domestic monetary policy, his current work in Congress and on the Financial Services Committee, and also was asked… Read more »
This year, the House is laser-focused on common sense ways to boost economic security by breaking down barriers to American innovation and the job growth it supports, without spending any more of your hard-earned tax dollars.
Patent ownership is just this kind of incentive for businesses to innovate and grow their company, and it can greatly benefit the employees and future employees:… Read more »
Congress has passed three Free Trade Agreements, with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, that will support up to 250,000 new American jobs, level the playing field for American companies and increase exports of U.S. goods by $13 billion.
“These Free Trade Agreements open the door to hundreds of thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars of new sales opportunities for American… Read more »
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, and the Financial Services Committee will today hear from and question Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner about efforts to implement regulatory reforms and identify emerging threats to the nation’s financial stability.
Secretary Geithner will deliver to the Committee the annual report of the Financial… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, released the following statement today on voting with the House to examine the effects of government agency regulations on job creation:
“West Michigan prioritizes clean air and clean water and protecting our beautiful lakeshore, and I am working for that in Congress. Our state also is hurting for jobs, another of my top priorities in Congress.… Read more »
Today, the House and U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, passed H.R. 2587, “The Protect Jobs From Government Interference Act,” cutting another layer of red tape away from America’s business owners. H.R. 2587 closes a loophole in the National Labor Relations Act that allowed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to order employers to close or relocate their workplaces, threatening jobs… Read more »
