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Congressman Bill Huizenga | Representing Michigan's 2nd District

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  • Huizenga Fights For Middle Class Jobs In West Michigan
    Dec 3, 2012  - Historic ferry SS Badger's future in doubt with EPA permit about to expire The Detroit Free Press, Todd Spangler - December 1, 2012 WASHINGTON -- A historic ferry that has shuttled passengers, vehicles and freight across Lake Michigan for decades is in danger of being put in permanent dry dock. The... More
  • Huizenga Honored With "FreedomFighter" Award
    Sep 25, 2012  - Rep. Bill Huizenga Receives 2012 FreedomWorks 'FreedomFighter Award' The Holland Sentinel September 25, 2012 Washington, D.C. - Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, was awarded FreedomWorks' "first annual FreedomFighter Award.” FreedomWorks is an activist organaization "fighting for less government, lower... More
  • Huizenga Focuses On Private Sector Job Creation, Saving Taxpayer Dollars
    Sep 24, 2012  - Huizenga Pushes Prison Labor Reform; Local Businesses Could Benefit The Holland Sentinel Andrea Goodell September 22, 2012 Washington, D.C. — Rep. Bill Huizenga is leading a charge to rein in Federal Prison Industries, a federally-owned industry that provides everything from polo shirts to desk chai... More
  • ABC News/GMA: Will a Federal Prisoner Steal Your Job?
    Sep 20, 2012  - Will a Federal Prisoner Steal Your Job? ABC News Alan Farnham Sept. 19, 2012 It's hard to compete with workers willing to take pay as low as 23 cents an hour. Do we mean workers in Mexico or China? No. We mean Americans in federal prisons. An Alabama clothing-maker recently found out just how hard,... More
  • UNICOR Responsible For Job Loss In Alabama and Mississippi
    Sep 20, 2012  - Workplace travesty The Dothan Eagle ( Dothan, Alabama) Editorial September 19, 2012 Recently, American Power Source, an apparel manufacturing company that makes military uniforms at plants in Fayette, located in northwest Alabama, and in Columbus, Miss., announced its plants would close in October a... More
  • Manufacturers Fear Layoffs Caused By UNICOR With No-Bid Process
    Sep 19, 2012  - AUDIO: Listen to Congressman Huizenga's full interview with Matt Patrick of KTRH HERE Manufacturers fear layoffs with no-bid process KTRH Nik Rajkovic September 19, 2012 Texas prisoners make everything from state flags to office chairs, ornamental fencing, even polo shirts. Now the national prison ... More
  • Huizenga Recognized For Commitment To Small Business Job Creation
    Sep 19, 2012  - Huizenga honored by small business group The Holland Sentinel Stephen Kloosterman September 19, 2012 U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, was honored Monday by a small business group. The National Federation of Independent Business, or NFIB, describes itself as a nonprofit and nonpartisan group focu... More
  • Huizenga On Federal Prison Industries: Why In The World Is This OK?
    Sep 17, 2012  - American Prison Labor Means Longer Unemployment Lines Fox News - Elizabeth Prann September 16, 2012 Two southeast companies that make U.S. military uniforms are shedding hundreds of jobs, as the government looks to federal inmates for the fatigues. American Power Source makes military clothing in Fa... More
  • Huizenga: Further Fed Action Proves President Obama's Economic Policies Aren't Working
    Sep 14, 2012  - Fed Move Highlights Economic Uncertainty: Lawmaker CNBC Justin Menza September 13, 2012 A top Congressional Republican expressed skepticism on Thursday about how much the Federal Reserve can do with a new round of to bolster the economy and spur hiring, adding that it underscored how uncertain condi... More
  • Huizenga Leads Bipartisan Effort To Rein In FPI, Promote Small Biz Job Creation
    Sep 7, 2012  - This afternoon, Business Insider published a revealing piece demonstrating how destructive the government-owned Federal Prison Industries (FPI) or UNICOR is to job creation across the country and how Congressman Huizenga is leading the bipartisan effort to ensure FPI doesn't take jobs away from the ... More