Additional areas of focus for Bill include: border security, limiting the role of the federal government, preserving the Great Lakes, and creating a sensible balance between federal regulation and private sector job creation.
Create a sensible balance between federal regulation and private sector job creation.
Occurrences
creating a sensible regulatory environment that provides for necessary safety standards without negatively impacting the private sector’s ability to expand and create good-paying jobs
creating a sensible regulatory environment that provides for necessary safety standards without negatively impacting the private sector’s ability to expand and create jobs.
Evidence
Congressman Bill Huizenga announced the introduction of H.R. 8283, the Deterring American AI Model Theft Act. The release frames the bill as protecting U.S. companies’ economic competitiveness while addressing foreign theft of AI models.
Huizenga’s 119th Congress activity list includes multiple introduced measures and resolutions in 2026, including H.R.7036 and H.Res.981, with latest actions showing committee referrals and introduced status rather than enacted law.
Huizenga said a bill he backed was signed into law and that it eliminated a burdensome SEC regulation that hurt the economy and put American companies at a disadvantage globally.
Huizenga held a hearing to examine how the SEC implemented the JOBS Act and its impact on capital formation and job creation.
Congress.gov identifies H.J.Res.41 as sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga, introduced January 30, 2017, and enacted as Public Law 115-4 on February 14, 2017. The CRS summary says the joint resolution nullified the SEC rule on disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers.
The House Clerk record for Roll Call 72 lists H.J.Res.41 as passed, 235-187, on February 1, 2017. The vote list records Rep. Huizenga, Republican of Michigan, voting Yea.
Huizenga’s office said H.J.Res.41 eliminated a burdensome SEC regulation that hurt the economy by putting American companies at a global disadvantage, and quoted Huizenga saying the bill instructed the SEC to create a rule that does not negatively impact American job creators and workers.
Congress.gov reports H.R.78 passed the House 243-184 and was referred to the Senate Banking Committee. The CRS summary says it would direct the SEC to adopt regulations only when benefits justify costs, assess alternatives, consider impacts on small businesses, and review existing regulations for excessive burdens.
The House Clerk record for Roll Call 51 lists the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act as passed, 243-184. The vote list records Rep. Huizenga, Republican of Michigan, voting Aye.
Congress.gov reports H.R.77 passed the House on February 12, 2025, 212-208, and was referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The CRS summary says it would allow Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution when submitted during part of a president’s final year.
The House Clerk record for Roll Call 41 lists the Midnight Rules Relief Act as passed, 212-208. The vote list records Rep. Huizenga, Republican of Michigan, voting Yea.
Congress.gov reports H.R.3633 passed the House 294-134 on July 17, 2025, and was referred to the Senate Banking Committee. The CRS summary says the bill establishes a regulatory framework for digital commodities and exempts certain mature-blockchain digital commodities from SEC registration requirements under specified conditions.
Assessments
Huizenga materially delivered a concrete part of this broad federal promise by sponsoring H.J.Res.41, which became Public Law 115-4 in February 2017 and nullified an SEC disclosure rule his office framed as economically burdensome to American companies and job creators. Later House-passed deregulatory and regulatory-review bills further support continued effort, though not all became law. Because the claim is broad and policy-oriented rather than a precise economy-wide benchmark, the enacted Huizenga-sponsored deregulatory measure is enough for delivery, with same-term timing.
The promise is broad and ongoing rather than a single measurable endpoint. Evidence shows Huizenga has made real efforts aligned with the pledge, including introducing legislation framed around protecting competitiveness and previously backing deregulatory reform that was signed into law. However, the current-term evidence mainly shows bills introduced or referred to committee, not a clear enacted outcome establishing that he created a demonstrable balance between federal regulation and private-sector job creation. Because there is meaningful action and some past pro-business regulatory reform, but not enough to show full delivery of this broad promise, partial credit is most appropriate.