Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to honor and recognize Tom Tenbrink, the Superintendent of Jenison Public Schools. Earlier this year, Mr. Tenbrink announced his retirement from serving the Jenison School District for 34 years with 18 of those years as Superintendent.
Congressman Bill Huizenga:
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Today, Congressman Huizenga announced that Kaylynn Barrett, a student a West Ottawa High School is the winner of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition. Kaylynn’s piece “Ruby Red Thoughts” will be sent to the U.S. Capitol later this year to be displayed with works of art created by student artists from across the nation.
Kaylynn crafted her piece using an Indonesian technique known as… Read more »
Tonight, in an update on Facebook, Congressman Bill Huizenga spoke out against the latest Democrat proposal to "pack" the Supreme Court. Huizenga concludes that this effort would undermine the independence of the Supreme Court in an attempt to lock in policies well outside mainstream America.
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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga announced the start of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for high school students across Michigan’s Second Congressional District.
“The Congressional Art Competition offers a great way for students to demonstrate their skill and ability,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “I look forward to seeing students across West Michigan put their… Read more »
Yesterday afternoon, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) read a constituent letter from a West Michigan CPA to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calling for tax filing alignment and certainty. Recently, the IRS announced the federal filing deadline for 2020 was moved to May 17th. However, taxpayers who are required to file quarterly estimates for 2021 are still required to have those payments… Read more »
Three hours after restaurants and bars were mandated to close here in Michigan, Speaker Pelosi and Democrats in the House were passing a $1.9 trillion partisan spending bill masquerading as “COVID relief” in the middle of the night in Washington. I voted against this package and I believe Michiganders deserve to know what is in this monstrosity.
Over the past year, Republicans and… Read more »
Early this morning, Congressman Bill Huizenga voted against President Biden and Speaker Pelosi's $1.9 trillion pork laden spending package. Following the vote, Congressman Huizenga released the following statement regarding the partisan legislation saying,
"Less than 9% of this massive spending bill goes toward defeating covid and 95% of the education funding won’t be spent until… Read more »
Today, Congressmen Bill Huizenga (MI-02), John Moolenaar (MI-04), Peter Meijer (MI-03), and Fred Upton (MI-06) sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Republican Leader McCarthy asking for lawmakers to not only review but revise the formula in how federal funding is allocated per pupil for school districts. Approximately $128 billion in education funding is included in President Biden’s $1.9… Read more »
Today, Congressman Huizenga announced 15 Second District nominees to the U.S. Service Academies for the Class of 2025. These students will be considered for appointment to one or more of the following: the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings… Read more »
Tonight, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan coronavirus relief package to help West Michigan families and small businesses.
“Tonight’s long-awaited agreement provides critical aid to working families and small businesses here in West Michigan and across the nation. Specifically, this agreement extends the Paycheck… Read more »
