Recently, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced the U.S. would purchase up to 6 million barrels of oil at a costly $79 per barrel to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Unfortunately, this is a problem of the Administration’s own making.
In March 2020, President Trump moved to buy oil for the SPR when the price was around $24 per barrel, but Democrats blocked… Read more »
This week, Congressmen Bill Huizenga (MI-4), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressing concerns over sanctions relief that allows Iran to stockpile money and fund… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) released the following statement on the resolution to censure Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
I wholeheartedly reject what Representative Tlaib said regarding the terrorist attack on Israel. However we cannot pick and choose when the constitutional protections of the First Amendment apply. Rep. Tlaib is wrong and what she said is vile but the First… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, held a hearing examining how the Iranian Government moves money to finance terrorism.
During the hearing, Huizenga brought up how the Biden Administration’s pursuit of the “Iran Nuclear Deal” has allowed a backsliding of sanctions on Iran. This misguided… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) released the following statement after Representative Mike Johnson was selected as the 56th Speaker of the House.
I am glad to see House Republicans finally come together and unanimously support Mike Johnson. I was very encouraged to hear Speaker Johnson notably call for a bipartisan debt commission to address our national debt and… Read more »
The terrorist attack by Hamas is absolutely appalling. I stand with our ally Israel and firmly condemn these barbaric attacks. I wanted to share with you how I am taking action to confront terrorism in the Middle East and around the globe. Following the assault on Israel, I reintroduced my legislation to cut off the Iranian Government from the U.S. Financial System. This bill is called… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, introduced the No U.S. Financing for Iran Act. This bill would effectively cut off the Iranian Government from the U.S. financial system. Additionally, this measure would prevent the Export-Import Bank as well as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after joining a bipartisan resolution in support of Israel and condemning the horrific attacks perpetrated by Hamas. This bipartisan resolution was introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and… Read more »
Last night, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) introduced the Fiscal Commission Act of 2023. This bipartisan fiscal commission will propose recommendations to significantly improve our nation’s medium and long-term fiscal trajectory. The Commission will consist of Members of Congress as well as individuals from the private sector. This legislation requires both the House and the Senate to… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) announced his support for H.R.5641, the Pay Our Troops Act. Under current law, if there is a government shutdown, those serving in our Armed Forces would not receive a paycheck after September 30th. This legislation was introduced recently by Congresswoman Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), a former Navy helicopter pilot.
H.R.5641 would make available the… Read more »
