U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Andy Barr (R-KY) recently called on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rescind new staff guidance on shareholder proposals submitted to publicly traded companies. “It is inappropriate for the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide extended support to individuals with mental health challenges under the Medicare program. The Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act would eliminate the 190-day Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday approved legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) that would give the financial industry better tools to address suspected financial exploitation and abuse of senior citizens and those with mental and physical Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) on Oct. 5 introduced legislation that would transfer the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board under federal oversight and eventually dissolve the board in efforts to reduce bureaucracy and save taxpayer dollars. Specifically, the Streamlining Public Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on Sept. 17 joined a bipartisan contingent of lawmakers to ensure Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin. “We can never allow hazardous materials of any kind — particularly nuclear Read more…
U.S. Reps. Tom Emmer (R-MN), Young Kim (R-CA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and more than 140 GOP legislators expressed concerns about a recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data collection proposal that they say would increase tax information reporting requirements on America’s Read more…
Two bills introduced by U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) aim to address shoreline erosion in his home state and around the country. “My bills will adjust U.S. Army Corps of Engineers programs to ensure targeted federal funding can be directed Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on July 29 reintroduced legislation to help individuals receiving disability insurance benefits obtain rehabilitative services and return to the workforce. Rep. Hill sponsored the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Return to Work Act, H.R. 4823, Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation to create a federal tax credit for the recycling of waste products in steel manufacturing, a more environmentally friendly process that lowers steel production costs. “I Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) helped lead a bipartisan group of 75 lawmakers in urging President Joe Biden to lift all pandemic-related travel restrictions to jumpstart the nation’s economic recovery, restore American jobs and reconnect the country to the global Read more…
One-size-fits-all, uniform mandates instituted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would be “deeply misguided” for an issue as complex as climate change, according to U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and 22 of his Republican colleagues serving on the U.S. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) has been appointed to serve as co-chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, which provides a forum for exchanges between American and Canadian legislators. “The United States and Canada share a unique relationship that encompasses Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Dave Joyce (R-OH) joined their fellow co-chairs of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force and 32 congressional lawmakers in releasing the task force’s fiscal year 2022 budget priorities for the Great Lakes region. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that would retroactively reimburse members of the National Guard an estimated $43 per day during their deployment to the U.S. Capitol. Earlier this month, Rep. Huizenga also led a bipartisan Read more…
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) is pushing back against the so-called corporate cancel culture in which left-wing activists are attempting to use financial regulation to thwart access to financial services for industries they despise. “Banks should make lending decisions relying Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) recently unveiled legislation to stop a potential stock trading tax that could harm American investors, particularly middle class families, retail investors, those saving for retirement, and even pensioners. Democratic lawmakers in Washington, D.C., reportedly have Read more…
Due to the poor quality of food being served to the National Guard deployed to the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) led a bipartisan group of 38 lawmakers in requesting that the soldiers receive per diems, or daily Read more…
U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Andy Barr (R-KY) on March 3 introduced legislation to ensure a proper check on the executive branch and greater accountability regarding special drawing rights. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) defines and Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) last week proposed bipartisan legislation that would permit America’s rural homeowners and primary lessees to claim a $300 tax credit after purchasing a mobile hotspot to connect to the internet or a signal booster to Read more…
Mergers and acquisition brokers who help transfer the ownership of small, privately held companies would be exempt from securities registration under a bipartisan bill sponsored on Feb. 8 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI). “The pandemic has ravaged small businesses Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, Fred Upton, and John Moolenaar led a group of Michigan Republicans in calling for an intelligence briefing on the redeployment of the Michigan National Guard to Washington, D.C., following their recent work during the inauguration of Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) reauthorizing the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) through fiscal year 2026 became law with the president’s signature on Jan. 5. Read more…
Cherry growers in Michigan and across the United States now have a better opportunity to sell their fruits in an Asian market, according to U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), who helped secure the exemption of a 15 percent tariff on Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) on Dec. 3 led fellow members in the U.S. House of Representatives to unanimously pass bipartisan legislation to update the environmental sensitivity index maps for the Great Lakes region. “In the midst of a divided Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) on Oct. 27 introduced legislation that would impose a taxation and fees limitation on transactions made by everyday investors, retirees and pensioners who are trying to save for their futures. “No government, whether it’s federal Read more…
U.S. Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI) joined their fellow co-chairs of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force and 30 other members to urge that this year’s Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) include support for the Great Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) helped lead members of the bipartisan, bicameral Great Lakes Task Force in requesting that tribal, commercial, charter and recreational fisheries in the Great Lakes regions become eligible for future pandemic emergency relief funding provided by Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) applauded the Trump administration for addressing the threat posed to American producers by increased foreign imports of seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables, including for the congressman’s home-state blueberry growers. “While more work is necessary Read more…
Following the Trump administration’s announcement that it would continue covering 100 percent of the National Guard’s coronavirus relief efforts in Texas and Florida while reducing the rate to 75 percent in all other states and territories, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Dave Joyce (R-OH) praised recent action by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which advanced legislation that would prevent the spread of invasive species into the Great Lakes. Reps. Huizenga and Joyce, who Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined a bipartisan contingent of more than two dozen lawmakers in requesting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provide economic relief to American apple growers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “As with countless industries Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Fred Upton (R-MI) on June 3 joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler in announcing the 14 new members of the Great Lakes Advisory Board (GLAB), an EPA federal advisory committee. The Read more…
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) this week joined almost 40 congressional members in urging President Donald Trump not to impose further restrictions on the H-2B nonimmigrant seasonal guest worker program as part of any forthcoming executive action related to the Read more…
The safe harbor provision of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was implemented under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, should be extended until the federal government issues final guidance, according to U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI). Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) on April 28 introduced legislation that would provide a payroll tax credit to employers to support bonuses or pay raises for essential employees. Specifically, the Patriot Bonus Tax Credit Act of 2020, H.R. 6629, would Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) on April 9 applauded a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to utilize an additional $20 million appropriated by Congress for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). “The Great Lakes Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) recently introduced legislation that would provide certain qualified first responders who are helping to combat the COVID-19 pandemic with federal income tax relief. Rep. Huizenga on April 3 sponsored the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Emergency Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) on March 23 introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the president to invoke the Defense Production Act of 1950 to respond to COVID-19 with the stateside production of more healthcare supplies. The Defense Production Act Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on March 23 introduced a bipartisan resolution that calls upon the president to make urgent use of the Defense Production Act to direct the domestic production of supplies needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. “I Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), co-chair of the Great Lakes Task Force, last week highlighted the negative impacts of invasive Asian carp and erosion on the nation’s Great Lakes region during testimony on Capitol Hill. “Asian carp and other invasive Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Fred Upton (R-MI) praised President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget this week for including $320 million in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). “In this budget the President demonstrated his Read more…
U.S. Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI), and John Moolenaar (R-MI) applauded their chamber’s Feb. 5 approval of a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), which is set to expire at the Read more…
Western Michigan area farmers, growers and producers are reeling from negative foreign trade practices and representatives from the Trump administration should visit the state to hear from them directly about the impact, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) said last week. Read more…
U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI) recently reiterated their concern with federal officials about rising water levels and erosion along the Great Lakes shoreline. “Erosion threatens our beaches, our homes and our state’s overall well-being,” the members Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 10 voted 247-159 to approve bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI) that would expand the nation’s list of dangerous substances eligible for federal cleanup funds. Reps. Read more…
It is critically important that the necessary funds are prioritized to maintain the designed depth and width of a vital Michigan harbor, U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI) told the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) recently signed on as a cosponsor to a bipartisan bill that would protect seasonal American agricultural producers from illegal trade practices. “When Michigan farmers have a level playing field, they can compete with anyone in Read more…
Bipartisan fraud-protection legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) this week received approval from the U.S. House of Representatives in a 314-95 vote. The House on Nov. 18 approved the Investor Protection and Capital Markets Fairness Act, H.R. 4344, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) recently proposed a bill to improve healthcare for underserved and uninsured Americans. Rep. Huizenga on Oct. 30 sponsored the Community Multi-Share Coverage Program Act, H.R. 4925, which would require the U.S. Secretary of Health and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), co-chair of the Great Lakes Task Force, led a bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers in seeking a streamlined permitting process so their Michigan constituents may implement safety measures to protect their properties. “Our communities are Read more…