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Brian Higgins

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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.

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May 17, 2017

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

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May 17, 2017

Last night we learned that President Trump may have tried to interfere with an ongoing investigation, asking the FBI Director to end an investigation into his former National Security Adviser's ties to Russia. The Justice Department today…

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May 3, 2017

For the third time in 90 days, Republicans are trying to take away patient protections for Americans with preexisting medical conditions. Fifty percent of all Americans and 86 percent of Americans ages 55 through 64 have preexisting…

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May 2, 2017

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

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May 2, 2017

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

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May 2, 2017

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

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May 2, 2017

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

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May 2, 2017

President Trump wanted to cut $1.2 billion from the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. Instead, Congress will exert its independence by rejecting the President's cut and will instead increase National…

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Apr 27, 2017

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…

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Apr 26, 2017

While the President continues to drone on about his southern border wall, a wall that he told America Mexico would pay for--which, of course, they will not--a wall that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reports will cost Americans…

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Apr 5, 2017

From the North Atlantic to the North Pacific, to the Baltic Seas, the Russian people are standing up to Vladimir Putin and his decades of egregious corruption. The protests in Moscow are punctuated with chants that Putin is a thief. And…

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Apr 4, 2017

Word coming out of the White House and House Republicans is that there is a new healthcare bill, and this bill would obliterate the patient protections for preexisting conditions and eviscerate essential benefits and cost controls. Under…

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