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Higgins Votes on Bill to Shine Light on Tobacco Dangers

Jun 12, 2009 Press Release

Today, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) voted with his colleagues in the House of Representatives to approve the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act which will grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to better protect the public health as it relates to tobacco. 

Issues:
Health Care

Higgins Votes to Approve Cash for Clunkers

Jun 9, 2009 Press Release

Today Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) voted with his colleagues in the House of Representatives to approve H.R. 2751, the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act, a version of the bill commonly referred to as “Cash for Clunkers,”  that will provide incentives for registered owners of high polluting automobiles to replace their older car with a new fuel efficient vehicle. 

Issues:
115th Congress

Higgins Meets with President Obama on Health Care

Jun 9, 2009 Press Release

Today, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) and a number of other members of the House Ways and Means Committee met with President Obama in the State Dining Room at the White House to discuss the future of health care in the United States.

Issues:
Health Care

Schumer, Higgins Introduce Legislation To Name Orchard Park Post Office In Honor Of Former WNY Congressman, VP Candidate, And Buffalo Bills Quarterback Jack F. Kemp

Jun 9, 2009 Press Release
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Congressman Brian Higgins today announced that they are introducing legislation to designate the United States Post Office in Orchard Park, NY as the "Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building” in honor of Jack F. Kemp, a former Buffalo Bills Quarterback, Vice Presidential candidate and Congressman from Western New York. Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills, is located in Orchard Park.

Congressman Higgins, Mayor Brown And South Buffalo Development Announce Major Public/Private Initiative To Redevelop Former Industrial Site Along Buffalo River

Jun 8, 2009 Press Release
Congressman Brian M. Higgins, Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown and South Buffalo Development, LLC (SBD) today announced a public/private initiative to clean up and redevelop the former Buffalo Color site on the Buffalo River. They were joined by Dale Desnoyers and Abby Snyder from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC); local and state representatives; Honeywell; and business, community and environmental organizations.

Higgins & Massa Announce Extension of West Valley Site Public Comment Period

Jun 8, 2009 Press Release
Congressmen Brian Higgins (NY-27) and Eric Massa (NY-29) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted their request for an extension of the public comment period on the clean-up of the West Valley site which was set to expire today.

Higgins, Gillibrand, Slaughter, Massa & Lee Call for Federal Board to Meet with Former Bethlehem Steel Workers

Jun 8, 2009 Press Release
Congressman Brian Higgins, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and Congressmen Eric Massa and Chris Lee sent a letter to the federal Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health calling for the Board to hold a meeting in Buffalo, NY to hear first-hand the concerns and frustrations of former Bethlehem Steel employees.

Congressman Higgins Announces Opportunity for Local Fire Companies to Apply for Recovery Act Grants

Jun 3, 2009 Press Release

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced the opportunity for local fire companies to apply for grants to assist with the construction or modification of fire stations.  The grants are available thanks to $210 million in federal Recovery Act funds approved by Congress for the Fire Station Construction (FSC) Grant Program. 

Issues:
Community & Neighborhood Renewal

Congressman Higgins Announces Over $1.34 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Medical Research Projects in Buffalo

Jun 1, 2009 Press Release

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo have been awarded $ 1,346,463 in grants made available through Recovery Act funding authorized for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Issues:
Health Care

Higgins joins Coalition of Environmental Groups Advocating for Full Clean Up at West Valley Site

May 30, 2009 Press Release
A broad-based coalition of environmental, sports, labor and religious groups were joined by Representative Brian Higgins at a media event at the Erie Basin Marina with a flotilla of kayaks, canoes and fishing boats to highlight the need to protect Lake Erie from nuclear contamination. The federal and state governments are proposing to leave vast amounts of nuclear waste at the West Valley site for up to 30 years and probably longer. Scientists found in a state-funded independent study that, over time, leaking nuclear waste from the site, located 30 miles south of Buffalo, can pollute Lakes Erie and Ontario and harm public health and the economy in the U.S. and Canada.
Issues:
Great Lakes

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