Pay Ratio Provision Not Worth Cost, Repeal Bill Sponsor Huizenga Says
Bloomberg BNA - Mary Hughes | March 20, 2013 08:32PM ET
(BNA) -- The pay ratio disclosure requirement of Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a “perfect example of an unnecessary and complex regulatory requirement that is not worth the cost and should be repealed,”… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after voting in support of reforming the nation's entitlement programs, making government more efficient, and responsibly balancing the budget:
"Today's vote shows the determination of the House to get the nation's fiscal house in order. The House Republican budget reduces deficits by $4.6 trillion over the next ten… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI -02) announced the beginning of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition. The competition is open to all Second District high school students looking to share their artistic creativity:
"The Congressional Art Competition is a great way to challenge gifted young artists to compete with other talented individuals from across their district, their state… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) joined Congressmen Dave Camp (MI-04), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Fred Upton (MI-06) Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in calling on the U.S. Senate to prevent the Obama administration from waiving longstanding work requirements for federal welfare recipients.
Enacted in 1996 as part of welfare reform under… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after voting in support of The Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act (SKILLS Act) that passed the House by a vote of 215 to 202:
"This important legislation will streamline the maze of duplicative and ineffective workforce training programs and combine them into a more user-friendly system that makes… Read more »
This week, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) introduced the Consumer Mortgage Choice Act - H.R. 1077, a bipartisan piece of legislation that would amend and clarify the qualified mortgage definition in the Dodd-Frank Act thereby improving access to credit and qualified mortgages for low and moderate income borrowers while protecting consumers from bad loans:
"This bipartisan legislation… Read more »
Huizenga, President Agree
The Detroit News - Political Insider
March 14, 2013
President Barack Obama visited Wednesday with House Republicans on Capitol Hill to build bridges for a grand bargain on the budget. U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, said although "a deep philosophical divide" remains between Republicans and the Democratic president on the role of government, he found… Read more »
House GOP warily holds out hand to Obama
CNN - Senior Congressional Producer - Deirdre Walsh
March 13, 2013
Washington (CNN) -- When President Barack Obama enters the conference room in the Capitol basement Wednesday to sit down with House Republicans, he'll be met by a group that says it's willing to listen but deeply skeptical of the president's so-called "charm… Read more »
Bill Huizenga Q&A on the insanity of sequestration
Mlive - Matt Vande Bunte
March 11, 2013
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – What’s more insane, gashing federal spending by sequestration or continuing to spend money the country does not have?
After two years representing Michigan’s Second Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, said gridlock in Washington, D.C. isn’t… Read more »
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To watch Congressman Huizenga discuss the philosophical divide click HERE
Watch U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga talk about philosophical divide between parties
MLive
March 12, 2013
GRAND RAPIDS, MI-- U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, spoke at the at the Grand Valley Metropolitan Council quarterly luncheon on the need for more compromise and trust between… Read more »
