Bill has consistently fought for the hard-working farmers in the Fourth District and will continue to support Michigan’s farmers and growers.
Continue to support Michigan farmers and growers.
Occurrences
released the following statement after voting in support of a five-year farm bill. Specifically, this legislation reduces input costs, strengthens risk management tools, and expands food processing capacity, all while investing in the rural infrastructure that supports Southwest Michigan’s economy and agricultural community
this legislation reduces input costs, strengthens risk management tools, and expands food processing capacity, all while investing in the rural infrastructure that supports Southwest Michigan’s economy and agricultural community.
Evidence
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Mr. Huizenga introduced H.R. 4739, a bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 with respect to the tree assistance program, and it was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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Huizenga led 119 colleagues on a letter to House Appropriations leaders requesting an H-2A guestworker wage freeze to lower input costs and help family farms and specialty crop growers.
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Huizenga said he had been a strong advocate for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and welcomed USDA funding to support producing, researching, and promoting specialty crops grown in Michigan.
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Mr. Huizenga introduced H.R. 8251, which would amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 with respect to the tree assistance program, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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The House Clerk recorded roll call 154 on April 30, 2026 for H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act. The bill passed 224-200, and Huizenga of Michigan voted Yea.
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Huizenga said he voted for a five-year farm bill that reduces input costs, strengthens risk management tools, expands food processing capacity, and includes provisions from his Protecting America’s Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers Act to strengthen and expand the Tree Assistance Program.
Assessments
The promise was broad and ongoing: to continue supporting Michigan farmers and growers, not necessarily to secure enactment of one specific agriculture law. The record shows repeated federal actions in office: sponsoring Tree Assistance Program legislation for orchardists and nursery growers, leading an H-2A wage-freeze appropriations effort, publicly backing USDA specialty-crop grants, and voting for House passage of a farm bill containing farmer and specialty-crop provisions. Those actions are directly related to Michigan agriculture and show sustained support during his congressional service, so the promise is best treated as fulfilled rather than merely attempted.
Huizenga has repeatedly taken concrete actions on behalf of Michigan farmers and growers, including sponsoring specialty-crop legislation and leading a multi-member letter pressing for lower labor costs, plus public advocacy for USDA support. But the evidence shows advocacy and bill introduction, not a completed policy outcome directly delivered by him, so this is best scored as partial credit rather than full fulfillment.
The promise was broad: to continue supporting Michigan farmers and growers. The evidence shows repeated, concrete actions consistent with that commitment, including sponsoring tree-assistance legislation in 2023 and 2026, leading a large congressional letter seeking an H-2A wage freeze to reduce farm labor costs, and publicly supporting USDA specialty crop grants for Michigan. Because the promised outcome was continued support rather than enactment of a specific bill or policy, these actions are sufficient to treat the promise as delivered.