Yesterday, Congressman Bill Huizenga met with students from Muskegon's Reeths-Puffer High School who were visiting the nation's capital after finishing sixth out of 4,600 schools in the SIFMA Foundation's "Capitol Hill Challenge":
"It was great to meet with such financially savvy students. Turning a hypothetical portfolio of $100,000 into $170,245.11 in just 14 weeks is incredibly… Read more »
Huizenga questions if IRS targeted adoptive families after reported audits
MLive - Zane McMillin - June 18, 2013 at 3:41 PM
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga this week joined 34 colleagues in urging the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether adoptive families were improperly targeted by the agency last year.
In a letter dated Monday, June 17, Huizenga and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga released the following statement after his legislation H.R. 1135, The Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act, passed the House Financial Services Committee with bipartisan support:
"Section 953(b) of Dodd-Frank creates an unclear and burdensome reporting requirement that even after three years the SEC has been unable to properly address its scope and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) and 34 of his colleagues sent a letter to Principal Deputy Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Daniel Werfel requesting a review of the IRS' policies concerning the adoption tax credit. Given recent developments regarding the IRS' "targeting" of specific groups and findings from the 2012 Taxpayer Advocate Service's (TAS) annual report to… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 1797 – The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:
"Tonight, the House took definitive legislative action to protect life and prevent the horrible atrocities that unfolded in Philadelphia from repeating themselves. Extensive medical research has shown that unborn children at 20… Read more »
Reeths-Puffer financial planning team invited to Washington D.C. to meet with Congressman Huizenga, due to placing sixth in the competition.
White Lake Beacon - June 17, 2013
A team of Reeths-Puffer High School students who placed sixth in a national finance competitions matching them with their U.S. Representtative or Senator, has earned the opportunity to meet with Congressman Bill… Read more »
House Legislation Seeks to Simplify SEC Registration for M&A Business Brokers
By Maria Lokshin | June 14, 2013 07:39PM ET
(BNA) -- A bill recently introduced in the House calls for simpler registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission for brokers that facilitate mergers and acquisitions of private companies.
H.R. 2274, unveiled by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) June… Read more »
Ex-Im Bank President Aims to Ease Panel's Concerns on Loan Risk, Standards
By Rebecca Helm | June 13, 2013 09:08PM ET
(BNA) -- Export-Import Bank President Fred Hochberg was pressed by House lawmakers June 13 about the risk of the outstanding loans the bank holds and on the bank's business plan, which was the focus of a recent Government Accountability Office report.
“The goal… Read more »
New bill about the Great Lakes has merit
The Ludington Daily News - Editorial - June 10, 2013
Last week U.S. Rep’s Bill Huizenga, Dan Benishek and Candice Miller, joined by two New York State colleagues, introduced a bill to have the U.S. Corps of Engineers treat the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway as one unit when it comes to dredging makes sense.
Especially in light… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02), Congresswoman Candice Miller (MI-10) and Congressman Dan Benishek (MI-01) released the following statements after introducing the bipartisan Great Lakes Navigation System Sustainability Act of 2013:
Rep. Huizenga: "Ensuring Michigan's harbors and ports throughout the Great Lakes are properly dredged is critical to Michigan in terms of… Read more »
