Bill Huizenga
ON THE RECORD · 6 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“It's really about theatrics,”
Bill Huizenga · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16
Huizenga told Fox News Digital that CodePink's protest theater is used to enrich themselves through social media and donations rather than to affect policy.
“They're using it not to affect policy, but really to enrich themselves because they use that then to go out on social media, to try to whip other people up, to help donations, to help get volunteers, help get some of those other folks, and to really try to go and disrupt our – not just our sense of government and processing government – but society.”
Bill Huizenga · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16
Huizenga told Fox News Digital that CodePink's protest theater is used to enrich themselves through social media and donations rather than to affect policy.
“We are here today because America’s adversaries – China, Cuba, Iran, and Russia – are conducting covert influence campaigns to shape American thought and society through lies and censorship. These countries have one shared goal: to weaken the United States of America,”
Bill Huizenga · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16
Huizenga delivered opening remarks at the hearing on covert foreign influence operations in America.
“A prominent example of these adversary efforts is Neville Roy Singham, who lives in China and uses his wealth and relationships with the CCP to provide millions of dollars and personnel to extremist groups like CodePink, the People’s Forum, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation to destabilize American society and promote communist ideology,”
Bill Huizenga · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16
Huizenga continued his opening remarks by citing Neville Roy Singham as a prominent example of adversary influence efforts.
“This has been deemed to be a protest by the clerk because of the nature of the shirts and what is happening.”
Bill Huizenga · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16
Huizenga explained that the clerk deemed the activists' T-shirts to constitute a protest.
“We do have some folks who have not verbally disrupted the committee as of yet,”
Bill Huizenga · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16
Huizenga briefly suspended proceedings while U.S. Capitol Police approached Benjamin and her fellow agitators.