Bill Huizenga praises local infrastructure funding he voted against

Last week, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) visited Kalamazoo to see how they are spending federal dollars on transportation programs, which he voted against giving them in 2021 when the bipartisan infrastructure bill was being voted on in Congress.

Despite his voting record, Huizenga took the opportunity to voice his pride for Kalamazoo’s use of federal dollars.

“It’s good to see that there’s an efficient use of whether it’s state or federal dollars here in West Michigan and Southwest Michigan,” Huizenga said. “But we’ve got to make sure that we are encouraging proper use of those tax dollars, and it’s good to see these programs down here and to see how they’re doing it.”

Huizenga didn’t mention any specific programs, but the federal allotted just under $10.8 billion in infrastructure funding over ten years from the bipartisan infrastructure law, with most of it going towards state transportation projects.

Huizenga made similar hypocritical comments when he criticized groups like BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, despite taking money from each of those groups for his reelection bid last year. The Michigan legislator is also one of the many Republicans who has voiced his support for recategorizing programs like Social Security and Medicare, despite the immense popularity of those programs.