Huizenga ‘Comfortable’ With Cuts, Says ‘We Need To Be Smarter About How To Spend The Limited Resources We Have’
The Ludington Daily News- Steve Begnoche
March 6, 2013
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga and his Republican counterparts are looking beyond the sequester cuts now filtering into place and are set to approve a continuing resolution that embraces the $85 billion in cuts in a… Read more »
Canceling tours of White House due to cuts 'laughable'
The Detroit News - Marisa Schultz
March 7, 2013
Michigan's Republican congressional members were stunned when the Obama administration decided Tuesday to cancel White House tours because of staff shortages it attributed to the sequester cuts.
They tried to stop a potential tourism drop from the Great Lakes State by… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement thanking Michigan's Senior Senator Carl Levin for his years of service:
"The name Carl Levin has been synonymous with the State of Michigan since 1978. Whether it was working with him on Sleeping Bear Dunes, issues involving the Coast Guard, or dredging Michigan's harbors, Senator Levin has been attentive to… Read more »
Policy, not politics, needed on Violence Against Women Act
The Holland Sentinel
Rep. Bill Huizenga
March 6, 2013
We need to have programs in place to help women and children who have been abused, which is why I voted for the improved House version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
The House VAWA reauthorization was the strongest and best suited legislation to help all… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after learning President Obama has decided to close the White House to the general public:
"It is simply embarrassing that President Obama would decide to close the doors of the White House to the general public, while allowing 'pay to play' access for his friends and high-paying donors. The notion that modest across… Read more »
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after the State Department released its draft assessment regarding the environmental impact of the revised Keystone XL pipeline:
"Approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is crucial for American job creation and energy security," said Huizenga. "Today's draft assessment is the first step toward ensuring economic growth,… Read more »
Huizenga Grills Bernanke on Long-Term "Entitlement" Funding Reform
WHTC - Thursday, February 28, 2013
WASHINGTON (WHTC) - While most of the attention dealt with the here and now when Ben Bernanke appeared before the House Financial Services Subcommittee yesterday, one Congressman had something more long-term in mind when he had his five minutes with the Fed Chairman. Bill… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) grilled Fed Chairmen Ben Bernanke over the long-term drivers of our debt and how they are in dire need of reform:
Click the HERE to watch the full exchange between Congressman Huizenga and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
Highlights:
HUIZENGA: I'm afraid the headlines tomorrow are going to be "Bernanke blasts across the board cuts," or… Read more »
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) appeared on "To The Point" with Rick Albin to discuss sequestration and Washington's out of control spending.
Watch Congressman Huizenga's full interview on "To The Point" HERE
On Sequestration: We are going to be cutting somewhere between 7% and 8% of our overspending, not our total spending, our… Read more »
Local Lawmaker Applauds Audit At LG Chem, Urges More
WWMT - News Channel 3
February 21, 8:30 PM
Watch video of the news broadcast on LG HERE
HOLLAND, Mich. - A local lawmaker is pushing for change after a government audit determined that a Holland battery facility mis-used stimulus money.
The Department of Energy found that LG Chem was paying employees to play games and… Read more »
