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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.
In 2009, when gas prices were very high and our dependence on foreign oil was at its peak, the Environmental Protection Agency set standards to increase fuel efficiency of trucks and cars. This helped achieve three main goals: It lessened…
Last week's healthcare disaster was instructive because, in the end, it was never really about health care at all. Your plan was a thinly-veiled scheme to deliver a massive tax cut to health insurance executives and their cronies…
This never needed to be an ideological fist fight. Democrats were always willing to take into account serious and constructive alternatives to the law that we have today that make it better, to make it affordable, more affordable for the…
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…
I just wanted to urge the subcommittee to consider the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
It has really created a new economy in Buffalo, and it is a very, very important program.
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.
EPA officials are now saying that the Buffalo River will be swimmable in the next 12 months.
Without this tax credit, developers would not have the wherewithal or the confidence to undertake these important restorations.
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…
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