Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Bill Huizenga [R, MI-2]

Why Rep. Justin Amash voted 'present' on Keystone XL pipeline bill

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...his pro-life stand nor did he want to fund Planned Parenthood, but its being singled out was troubling. Fellow West Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, voted for the bill. It was, by some reports, the eighth time the GOP-led chamber has passed a bil

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Rep. Bill Huizenga takes aim at 'unfair' edge of federal prison inmate employer

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...RAPIDS, MI — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga is taking aim at a government-owned company that uses prison labor with a bill introduced in Congress this week. Huizenga spokesman Brian Patrick said small businesses, such as textile manufacturers or furniture co

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How Congress Is Using the Congo to Weaken Dodd-Frank

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...from the Congo and used in cell phones, iPads and other electronics are helping finance the area's bloody conflict. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., also expressed his concern, saying the provision had "resulted in a de facto embargo on the DRC" and "led to

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Wall Street reform rule said to increase violence in Congo

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...Policy and Trade subcommittee said. At the same time, the provision “has only led to more violence in the region,” said Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.). The conflict mineral measure has been so impactful on the Congolese economy that it has become know

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How Congress Is Using the Congo to Weaken Dodd-Frank

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

Mayor Heartwell meets with local leaders to organize public meeting with Justin Amash and Bill Huizenga on immigration reform

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...deported, so they don’t report a crime,” he said. Gema Lowe, of Give a Hand for a Second Chance, informed the audience U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga doesn’t support a pathway to citizenship for all unauthorized immigrants, only those who came here as ch

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IRS scandal: West Michigan Tea Party leader contends group was targeted

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...that attracted the likes of Rep. Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and even Chiodo's hometown Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland. Admittedly, there are some glaring differences between Chiodo's story of IRS purgatory and widely publi

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Team Republican wins “Top Gun” title at the 19th Annual Congressional Shoot-Out

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...(D-MN) and the Top Gun from team Republican was Representative John Kline (R-MN). The Top Skeet shooter was Representative Bill Huizenga (R-MI); Representative Steve Southerland (R-FL) won the Top Trap competition and Representative Steve Pearce (R-NM)

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West Ottawa senior's triptych illustration wins spot at U.S. Capitol

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...Panse said. West Ottawa High School senior Kylee Panse is flanked by West Ottawa art teacher Brian Kelly, left, and Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland.Courtesy photo While Panse describes herself as not being “artsy,” she enjoys creativity. Over the cour

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Grand River Restoration: From grassroots brainstorm to federal priority

2013-05-11T01:00:00Z

...pledging their support? “The administration was looking for a project like this,” said Greg Van Woerkom, an aide to U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland. “It just picked up steam. They made all the right connections.” “We heard about this one. I

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Rep. Huizenga: State Department 'Hijacked' Truth on Benghazi

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...purposes by scrubbing the talking points for mentions of terror ties to extremists to the Benghazi attacks, Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga tells Newsmax. "The fact that they are trying to pull the truth out of these things while the families — not to m

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Do GOP's Benghazi Charges Harm Hillary Clinton In 2016?

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...cheers and applause at a "Spirit of Reagan" award ceremony. (The moment is captured on a YouTube video at the 13:58 mark.) Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, didn't go as far as Paul in a Wednesday radio i

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Do GOP's Benghazi Charges Harm Hillary Clinton In 2016?

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

Report: LG Chem's Michigan battery plant starting production in July, will deliver Chevy Volt batteries by end of summer

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...with the first batteries rolling off the factory's three assembly lines by end of summer, the Detroit Free Press reports. US Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) is using the announcement to call the partially government-backed factory a "flawed program," MLive sa

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Benghazi attack hearing: Rep. Bill Huizenga denies GOP trying to smear Hillary Clinton

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...stoking a controversy with implications for the 2016 presidential race. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) GRAND RAPIDS, MI — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, says Republicans are not trying to smear popular 2016 presidential prospect Hillary Clinton's name wit

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LG Chem's plan to activate plant is 'good news' for 'flawed program,' says U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga

2013-05-06T01:00:00Z

...ion batteries at its dormant new factory east of Holland “is as good as news as you can get out of a flawed program.” U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga said on Monday, May 6. LG Chem announced it will start production of lithium ion batteries at its factory i

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Sequestration flight delays unlikely at Ford Airport, but messes reported at larger hubs

2013-04-24T01:00:00Z

...try and minimized delays for travelers," the FAA said in its statement. Reports of flight delays are not sitting well with Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, whose office accused Obama of directing the FAA to make sequestration "as painful as possible." "We

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ThinkGlobal ‘Exporter of the Year’ Winners to Receive Awards at Special Program on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC

2013-04-22T01:00:00Z

...of the Year Awards at a special program on April 24 in Washington, D.C. Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-Connecticut), U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Michigan) and Antwaun Griffin, deputy assistant secretary, Office of Domestic Operations, U.S. Commercial Service

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CISPA cybersecurity bill passes, with support from Rep. Bill Huizenga

2013-04-18T01:00:00Z

...Council quarterly luncheon on Monday, March 11 at Calvin College. (Emily Zoladz | Mlive.com) GRAND RAPIDS, MI — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, voted in favor of a contentious cybersecurity bill that cleared the House of Representatives on Thursda

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'America's immigration system is dysfunctional and broken,' attorney says (Guest column)

2013-04-16T01:00:00Z

...we met with every Congressional office in D.C. for the State of Michigan including Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, and Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Holland. Susan Im is an attorney in Grand Rapids Courtesy photo In each meeting, we laid out the facts re

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