Huizenga Statement on Voting to Repeal "One of Washington's Dumbest Ideas"

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Today, the House struck down a provision in the health care law known as the "1099 Provision" that would have created unnecessary additional costs for business owners, particularly owners of small businesses, reducing productivity and further stifling economic growth. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, offered a similar bill that passed the Senate with overwhelming support last month.

The provision would have forced businesses to report any single expenditures of more than $600 to the IRS.Businesses, experts, and even the IRS's own National Taxpayer Advocate said this monstrous accounting and paperwork burden would have stifled job creation. The Wall Street Journal called it one of "Washington's dumbest ideas."

"As a small business owner, I can tell you, The Wall Street Journal is right -- this is one of Washington's dumbest ideas. Businesses can easily reach $600 -- for my small family business we hit that just filling up the tanks for the heavy machinery used in my gravel pit. Congress needs to help create jobs, not kill them. That we are having to go back and right this wrong underlines the backward priorities of the last Congress -- instead of focusing on job creation, they focused on a health care bill which directly hurt job growth through provisions like this one. I came to Congress to help change that path and focus on bringing jobs back to the 2nd District and Michigan, and I am proud to cast this vote today to help achieve that," U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, said.

Dan Danner, president and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business, applauded the House bill's passage and Huizenga's support, saying,"NFIB commends Congressman Huizenga for standing up for small business and voting to repeal the 1099 provision in the healthcare law. Repealing the expanded 1099 reporting requirements is a must-do if we are to help save small businesses from this mountain of paperwork. We believe the entire law should be repealed but, until that happens, we need to repeal provisions like 1099 to ensure small business owners are spared from the most egregious parts of this law."

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