Huizenga Commended for "Rock-Solid Willingness" to Cut Government Spending

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As Congress continues to debate the FY2011 budget this week, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, will continue to vote for spending cuts.
He was commended by Heritage Action for America, a sister project of the Heritage Foundation, as one of just 47 House members who voted for every spending cut during the 90-hour open debate of H.R. 1, which is slated to cut $100 billion total in spending while funding the government through the rest of this fiscal year.

Of his votes, Huizenga said, "While I appreciate the recognition, the simple truth is, the time of playing politics with the federal government's credit card is over. Our country is in dire financial straits because of out-of-control spending, and the American people know it and are accepting no excuses. Constituents and businesses want -- and deserve - restored fiscal sanity, job growth, and economic prosperity. They keep telling us to make their message loud and clear in Washington. I heard it over and over throughout my district last week and will continue to bring it to Washington: "Enough is enough.'"

By the end of the debate and passage of H.R. 1, Huizenga voted for a total of nearly $26 billion in cuts to spending, and voted to block spending on 42 different amendments.

Heritage Action compiled and ranked Members on their votes on amendments that proposed to cut non-security spending, excluding amendments that would shift spending from one program to another or sought to block various administration policies, such as the many amendments to defund Obamacare.

Key takeaways of the Heritage Action report:
"47 Members (all Republicans) showed a rock-solid willingness to cut spending by voting for every spending cut:
* Amash, Bachmann, Broun, Campbell, Chabot, Chaffetz, Coffman, Duncan (TN), Duncan (SC), Flake, Fleming, Franks, Garrett, Gowdy, Graves (GA), Heller, Hensarling, Herger, Huelskamp, Huizenga, Hurt, Jenkins, Jordan, Lamborn, Mack, McClintock, McHenry, Miller (FL), Mulvaney, Myrick, Neugebauer, Paul, Pence, Pompeo, Price (GA), Ribble, Rokita, Royce, Scalise, Schweikert, Scott (GA), Scott (SC), Sessions, Walsh, Wilson, Woodall, and Young (IN).

The spending cuts include the following 21 amendments:
1) Eliminate $34 million for the National Drug Intelligence Center (Flake);
2) Cut $10 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Latta);
3) Eliminate the Legal Services Corporation, saving $324.4 million (Duncan-SC);
4) Cut $50 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (Biggert);
5) Cut $70 million in energy efficiency programs at the Energy Department (Latta);
6) Eliminate $35 million in funding for land acquisition at various agencies (Lummis);
7) Cut $64 million from EPA science and technology programs (Flake);
8) Cut $8 million from EPA environmental programs and management (Pompeo);
9) Cut $10 million from EPA state and tribal assistance grants (Reed);
10) Cut $7.4 million for forestry programs at the U.S. Forest Service (Pompeo);
11) Cut $20.6 million from the National Endowment for the Arts (Walberg);
12) Eliminate $4.5 million in funding for the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program (Canseco);
13) Eliminate $15 million in funding for the Presidio Trust Fund (Reed);
14) Cut $100 million from Community Development Block Grants (Flake);
15) Eliminate $233.4 million in funding for the National Labor Relations Board (Price-GA);
16) Eliminate $42.7 million in funding for the U.S. Institute of Peace (Weiner);
17) Eliminate $10.7 million in funding for the East-West Center (Canseco);
18) Cut $211.2 million in funding from multilateral assistance through international financial institutions (Heller);
19) Cut $446.9 million in Amtrak funding (Sessions);
20) Cut all funding by 5.5% and legislative branch spending by 11%, with certain exemptions, saving $22
billion (Blackburn);
21) Cut all funding down to fiscal year 2006 levels, with certain exemptions, saving $34 billion (Mulvaney)."

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