Citing significant public interest, today the EPA today announced it would allow the S.S. Badger to apply for an individual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to continue operating on Lake Michigan.
The Badger is currently authorized to operate under the 2008 Vessel General Permit until December 19, 2012, when that authorization expires.
U.S. Rep. Bill… Read more »
On Wednesday, the Financial Insitutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will review Rep. Huizenga's Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 at 10 a.m. as part of a hearing on three Consumer Financial Protection Bureau oversight bills.
H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012, provides legal certainty that the disclosure of privileged information requested… Read more »
Upon news that Holland Harbor would receive $591,000 and Manistee $500,000 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for harbor maintenance and operations, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga released the following statement:
"I applaud the Corps' decision to release this money. It is an invaluable step in maintaining and strengthening the flow of commerce into West Michigan harbors and the local… Read more »
There is a lot of misinformation about the S.S. Badger and coal ash.
The fact is, even the Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that the Badger’s coal ash is “nonhazardous.” Coal ash discharges from the Badger are legal and tested regularly by an independent EPA-certified laboratory. These tests have confirmed that the coal ash from the Badger lacks the presence of… Read more »
The House of Representatives passed with U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga’s support a bill that will save billions of tax dollars by cutting a provision from President Obama’s health care law that even the Administration agreed was unworkable.
“I strongly support any bill to ensure that not one cent of taxpayer dollars is wasted under a government program. We have bipartisan agreement that this… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, hosted a teletown hall on February 2, to hear from constituents across the 2nd District on current events in the district and D.C., including the Keystone Pipeline, what’s on the agenda for the year ahead in Congress, continued efforts to cut spending and promote job creation, the deficit and debt’s impact on the economy, his recent visit to thank the… Read more »
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its budget and economic projections for the next 10 years, which predict that under current law, America’s debt will exceed $1 trillion for the fourth consecutive year, and the U.S. will continue to see poor economic growth and continued high unemployment, topping 9 percent next year.
“This report is a very clear economic… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, Dan Benishek, MI-01, and Dave Camp, MI-04, today applauded the U.S. Forest Service’s final decision to continue to allow firearm hunting and snowmobiling on 66,000 acres of Huron-Manistee National Forest.
The Michigan Representatives submitted a comment last year to the USFS urging them to allow hunting and snowmobiling to continue in the Huron-Manistee… Read more »
Following tonight’s State of the Union address to Congress and the nation, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga reports from the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol that he was ‘a little frustrated’ with the President’s speech.
Click here for the video, and see below for the transcript:
“Actions speak louder than words. The President was talking about security for our energy and making sure that… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, announces two 2nd District residents who will be attending tonight’s State of the Union: U.S. Marine Sgt. Cory Gritter of Graafschap, MI, will join Huizenga as his guest. Bryan Ritterby, of Holland, Michigan, will be seated with the First Lady.
Gritter, a decorated Marine, enlisted in 2005 after graduating from Holland Christian High School. Service is a… Read more »
