Brian Higgins

What you really need to do with China is stand up and compete with them.

We need to do those kinds of things.

I think the United States--it is totally appropriate, after two decades, to review all trade agreements.

To me, that says watch out. You are probably going to lose a lot of jobs.

The Senate bill that was unveiled this morning, much like the House Republican healthcare bill, is a repulsive scam perpetrated against the American people. On page 30 of the bill, section 120, under Executive Compensation Tax Cut…

This is fraud. This is stealing money from the American people in the Medicare Advantage program.

Do you know what is going on with UnitedHealthcare right now? The United States Department of Justice has just joined a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare for allegedly defrauding the Medicare Advantage program out of hundreds of millions…

Well, why wouldn't that--I mean, it is a public program. Why wouldn't that be--if we are looking at designs for greater efficiency in the delivery of services and lowering costs, it would seem to me that the amount of money that we spend…

The President in his first budget does nothing, absolutely nothing to seriously grow the American economy.

China is making an aggressive move to challenge the United States' global leadership.

Under your budget, 3 million wealthy Americans get a $213,000 tax cut; 240 not so wealthy Americans get a $210 tax cut.

Economists right, left, and center say the tax cuts don't pay for themselves and they never have.

There is something underlying that isn't being addressed, and I would argue that it is income inequality.

It seems to me that the Federal Government should be a lot wiser in using the leverage that it has.

That is a lot of leverage to drive down the cost, not only of prescription drugs, because you are buying medical services generally.

The United States Government is a massive provider of health coverage for people.

The stated objective of health care reform, the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, call it what you will, was to do two things.

The new Republican healthcare scam, again, slams good hardworking Americans with higher costs and less healthcare coverage. Fewer people will have healthcare coverage, and insurance companies will increase their already record profits. And…

Without this tax credit, developers would not have the wherewithal or the confidence to undertake these important restorations.

Now we are seeing Buffalo go through a major economic renaissance.

It has really created a new economy in Buffalo, and it is a very, very important program.

EPA officials are now saying that the Buffalo River will be swimmable in the next 12 months.

Because of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative over the last 10 years, we have removed 67,000 semi-truckloads of toxic waste from the bottom of the Buffalo River.

I just wanted to urge the subcommittee to consider the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

You know, the good thing about the economy is, you know policy either works or it does not. It is not ideological; it is arithmetical.