“While I believe the new Budget Control Act does not go nearly far enough in reducing spending, I support it because this plan reflects my firm commitment to overall government spending caps and a balanced budget amendment, the main principles the 2nd District elected me to achieve.”
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, released the following statement in advance of the… Read more »
What are your questions about the debt ceiling debate? Join U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga and the Detroit Free Press for a Web chat from noon to 1p.m. at freep.com THIS Wednesday to discuss the national debt and the debt ceiling. Huizenga will be joined by Adolfo Laurenti, deputy chief economist for Mesirow Financial in Chicago, and Charles Ballard, an economist at Michigan State University.
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Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, and the House voted to cut another 6.4 percent from Congressional budgets, bringing the total cuts to the House operating budget to 11.4 percent over last year. As one of the first votes of the 112th Congress, the House voted in H.R. 22 to cut its operating budget by 5 percent from 2010 levels, which is expected to save taxpayers an estimated $35… Read more »
Today marks one year since Congress passed into law the Dodd-Frank Act, an unprecedented massive government takeover of private financial business.
Under Democrat control of Congress in 2010, this bill originated in the House Financial Services Committee, which freshman Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, now sits on and which is working to repeal the law’s more onerous provisions. Huizenga said… Read more »
The U.S. House tonight passed with bipartisan support an historic plan to address the debt ceiling and out-of-control government spending. U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, is an original co-sponsor of the Cut, Cap and Balance Act, which passed 234-190.
“In this economy, with this unemployment rate, more out-of-control spending is not the answer. It hasn’t been, and debt spending is how we… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, today joined U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, NY-29, outside the White House with 19 other Members of Congress to call on President Obama to present his specific plans to deal with the debt ceiling crisis to Congress. Yesterday, the President threatened to veto the House's “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan to address the debt ceiling, without presenting an alternative.… Read more »
· What: Rep. Huizenga, MI-02 to join Rep. Tom Reed, NY-29, and fellow U.S. Representatives in urging President Obama to disclose his debt ceiling proposal
· When: Tuesday, July 19, 11:00 a.m.
· Where: In front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the… Read more »
After the President threatened to veto the House Republicans’ plan to cut spending and address the debt ceiling debate, the “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan, without proposing an alternative, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, an original co-sponsor of the bill, released the following statement:
“Mr. President, if you say we don’t need a constitutional amendment to ‘do our jobs,’ then you… Read more »
Want to know how the debt ceiling talks are going? Want to make a comment on government spending or other federal issue?
Visit facebook.com/rephuizenga starting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, and Rep. Huizenga will answer questions LIVE as they come in.
As Congress continues to work toward a solution to the debt ceiling and spending debate, they will work in Washington this week instead of… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Huizenga, MI-02, released the following statement about the debt ceiling negotiations and his original co-sponsorship of the House Republican plan, called the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, which is set to be voted on next Tuesday and is slated to cut $111 billion in spending in FY 2012, cap total federal spending and return it by 2017 to average spending levels over the last 30… Read more »
