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Brian Michael Higgins is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 26th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Higgins has focused on issues such as healthcare, economic development, and infrastructure throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for the Buffalo-Niagara region, working to secure federal funding for local projects and initiatives.
Tomorrow House Republicans will perpetrate a careless financial assault on good, hardworking America in exchange for a massive payoff to greedy insurance executives and their cronies. Yes, this vote is rigged against the good. If you are…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Review reported that the cost of then-candidate Trump's wall along the southern border will be up to $40 billion for every 1,000 miles of wall. With the potential of a 2,000-mile wall along the…
EPA officials are now saying that the Buffalo River will be swimmable in the next 12 months.
It has really created a new economy in Buffalo, and it is a very, very important program.
I just wanted to urge the subcommittee to consider the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Without this tax credit, developers would not have the wherewithal or the confidence to undertake these important restorations.
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.
The new market tax credits have helped inject new economic viability into my western New York community. The program continues to help revitalize economically distressed cities throughout America; in western New York, more than $300…
As the Nation recognizes Black History Month, I rise to pay tribute to a special history in my western New York community. This Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of Buffalo's historic Colored Musicians Club. The club's…
This week in 1940, the first Social Security check was issued. Since then, it has been one of our Nation's most impactful and successful programs. Social Security is based on a simple premise: if you work hard, you should live a dignified…
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.
I rise on behalf of so many western New Yorkers and Americans who are outraged by the President's executive order on immigration. The story of America is defined by the struggle of immigrants overcoming incredible odds to claim their piece…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time in our country to reflect on the progress that we have made on civil rights as well as how much further still as a nation we must go. When contemplating the progress in western New York, Frank B. Mesiah…
Nearly 8 years ago, western New Yorkers watched in horror as Continental flight 3407 crashed, tragically ending the lives of those on board. Since then, the families of those lost have turned their grief into a relentless fight to…
You are 3,000 times more likely to be killed by an American with a gun than a terrorist.
The literature since 9/11 has clearly established that the New York City Police Department counterterrorism intelligence is probably the most effective in all the world.
There are almost 200,000 civilians in the six U.N. peacekeeping bases and many of them would not be alive today if not for the U.N.'s presence.
Why would any law-abiding citizen that invokes a Constitutional right to bear arms as a responsible citizen... defend someone that has terrorist activity in their history to purchase a gun legally?
I understand the Second Amendment, but the Framers of the Constitution could never have anticipated the kind of hell that was inflicted on innocent people in Orlando, in Newtown, in these other places where we have had gun violence.
Today, only a few days from the fifteenth anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, we now know, unfortunately, that information sharing is an integral part of our Nation's security.
We should give law enforcement professionals and leaders fast track authority in developing common-sense, common-sense gun control.
Many of the issues that come before this committee are and have been mainstays in the public discourse since the terrorist attacks of September 11.
Hearings like this allows us to stay engaged in the fight against terrorism, engage the dangers terrorist organizations pose in regions throughout the world.
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