On Monday, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga returned from a trip to Afghanistan, where as promised he visited and thanked our troops and learned more about the mission on the ground. He had the chance to meet soldiers from across Michigan, including Ludington, Grand Rapids, and Detroit.
“I was honored to be able to personally thank the men and women of our armed forces for a great job on our… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga released the following reaction to President Obama today denying the application to build the Keystone Pipeline, which Huizenga has strongly supported:
“Obama today has shut off the pipe to U.S. job creation and energy independence, and opened the spigot for China to come in and take that oil. It is very disheartening that President Obama would so blatantly… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga has nominated 14 students to be considered for acceptance into the 2016 class of the U.S. Military, Air Force, Navy, and Merchant Marine Academies.
“I admire these students who answer the call to serve our country. It is an honor to nominate such motivated and brave young men and women from West Michigan in their application to the U.S. Service Academies.”… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga released the following statement on today’s Department of Labor December report that the nation’s unemployment rate is above 8 percent for the 35th consecutive month:
“I am cautiously encouraged that once again the national unemployment numbers dropped marginally, but we cannot forget the ‘hidden unemployed,’ those who have simply stopped looking for work and don’t… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga and House Republicans will vote tomorrow to defeat the Senate's temporary two-month Social Security payroll tax cut band-aid in favor of a more consistent and employee-friendly 12-month extension, preventing a $1,000 tax hike on American families, giving predictability to Medicare recipients and providers, and providing a reliable safety net for the… Read more »
A Freshman's Year In A Dysfunctional Congress
Washington, D.C. – This weekend, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga spoke with Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon about his year in Congress, the Payroll Tax Cut fight playing out in D.C. this week, and gets a guest appearance from Roxy.
Click here to listen to and read the full interview.
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Veterans of the 2nd District and their families are invited to an event TODAY, December 15 at the Fremont VFW to learn how Rep. Huizenga’s office can help them receive the military medals they earned for outstanding service to our nation.
The event will walk through how the process of receiving the medals works and offers the chance for veterans or the families of deceased veterans to… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, along with Reps. Carolyn Maloney, NY-14, Barney Frank, MA-04, and Jim Sensenbrenner, WI-05, announce legislation that will once again allow local job creators - especially manufacturers and service industries - to compete on equal footing for contracts with the federal government.
Under this bill, H.R. 3634, Unicor, a government-owned corporation that… Read more »
Rep. Bill Huizenga this week co-sponsored H.R. 3550, the RESTRICT Act, and participated in a hearing on increasing transparency and accountability for Members of Congress in their personal financial transactions. These rules exceed the current requirements placed on Wall Street traders and others involved in the financial services industry.
"Existing law clearly… Read more »
West Michigan’s small businesses and entrepreneurs this year have told me the same one thing they need from the federal government to create jobs: Certainty.
They need to know what their tax burden, their health care requirements, and their compliance rules are.
Yet I continue to hear that Administration agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, National Labor Review… Read more »
