Press Releases
March 23, 2016
Rep. Moolenaar congratulates Bates Footwear of Big Rapids for winning a five-year contract to manufacture boots for U.S. Marines.
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
March 15, 2016
The conservative budget released today moves our country toward a sustainable fiscal future. The budget balances, keeps the promises that have been made to our seniors and improves our national security. It reduces spending in Washington and leaves more money where it belongs – in the pockets of hardworking Americans.
March 15, 2016
Rep. John Moolenaar's statement on Flint Oversight Hearing.
Issues:Great LakesAccountability
February 18, 2016
Representative John Moolenaar invites all high school students from Michigan's Fourth Congressional District to enter their art in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition.
Issues:Education and Opportunity
February 11, 2016
Today, Representative John Moolenaar (R-Midland) questioned EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy about the agency’s failures in the Flint water crisis.
Issues:Accountability
February 10, 2016
Today, the House of Representatives passed the Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act. The bill passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Midland) voted for the legislation and spoke in support of it on the House floor.
Issues:Accountability
February 9, 2016
Today, President Obama released his budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year which runs from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Representative John Moolenaar (R-Midland), strongly opposes the president's budget.
January 13, 2016
Moolenaar: "Today, I stood with the 15,000 farmers in my district and continued to fight against the Obama Administration's executive overreach. Farmers across Michigan are worried about this rule which would regulate ditches and puddles on their fields. Federal courts and a bipartisan majority of the people’s representatives have opposed this rule. The executive branch should rescind it and give farmers more certainty for the future."
Issues:Great LakesAgriculture
January 6, 2016
Today, the House of Representatives voted to repeal President Obama's unaffordable health care law. The law was passed in 2010 and the American people have opposed it everyday since. The repeal legislation also defunds Planned Parenthood and redirects the funding to federally qualified health centers, including the 13 in Michigan's Fourth District that serve more than 154,000 patients.
Issues:Health Care
December 18, 2015
The legislation provides $300 million in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to protect the Lakes and the $7 billion economy they support. In recognition of the EPA’s overreach with the Waters of the U.S. rule and other burdensome regulations, this bill cuts EPA spending by $452 million. It also makes changes to the visa waiver program and requires visitors to America who have traveled to terrorism hotspots to undergo rigorous background checks before entering the country.