Press Releases
Jul 1, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) is reminding students that new benefits commence today for student loans which make college more affordable. Through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, the federal interest rate dropped from 6% to 5.6%—the second of four annual cuts in this interest rate. By July 1, 2011, all undergraduate students awarded a federal loan will receive a fixed interest rate of 3.4%.
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Jun 30, 2009
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Yahoo! Inc., will build a new data center in Lockport, Niagara County. Through an agreement with the New York Power Authority (NYPA), Yahoo! plans to invest tens of millions dollars in the construction and computer equipment fit-out of its new East Coast Regional data center.
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Jun 30, 2009
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Today Empire State Development’s Dennis Mullen, U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27th), Mayor of Buffalo Byron Brown, Erie County Executive Chris Collins and other elected officials, in conjunction with the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) and Empire State Development (ESD), held a ceremony celebrating the upcoming completion of asbestos remediation and demolition work at the former Memorial Auditorium (Aud) site. In addition, the attendees formally opened the Aud’s 1939 time capsule and presented prizes to the winners of the Aud demolition photograph contest.
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Congressman Higgins Joins Ford to Raise A New Banner, Highlight Local Workat Woodlawn Stamping Plant
In a dual presentation demonstrating Ford Motor Co.’s importance and commitment to Western New York’s economy, the Stamping Plant here today unfurled a new banner on its building, highlighting the plant’s role in making the Edge and Flex, and the region’s Ford Dealers continued a 13-year tradition of donating vans to charity.
Jun 26, 2009
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Today, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) voted to approve H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a bill that will decrease our dependence on foreign oil and create jobs in the clean energy sector through essential changes in our energy policy.
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Jun 25, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) voted with his colleagues in the House of Representatives to approve H.R. 2892, Homeland Security Appropriations for FY2010, a fiscally responsible bill that focuses on border, aviation, rail, transit, port and first responder security improvements.
Jun 24, 2009
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“What I want to talk about is America...if we’re going to do a not-for-profit plan, it should be designed to do one thing: it should be a countervailing force for a system that everybody agrees is unaffordable, unsustainable and unacceptable.”
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Jun 24, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) voted with his colleagues in the House of Representatives to approve keys bills which will provide critical support services and funding for veterans: H.R. 1016, the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform & Transparency Act and H.R. 1211, the Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act.
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Jun 23, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that the Buffalo & Eric County Public Library has been awarded a $20,000 federal grant for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read program, the largest reading program in the country.
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Jun 19, 2009
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“This outline is the culmination of months of deliberation, and is the first concrete step toward reforming our health care system to reign in skyrocketing costs that threaten to bankrupt our families and government.
The best patient care and highest quality outcomes should be the only influences in medical decision making. We must cut waste and unintended incentives that drive up costs, encourage innovation and access to cutting-edge treatments, and substantially address prevention and wellness toward the goal of reducing the incidence of chronic disease. The Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic serve as examples of high quality, low cost, highly integrated medical practices that are already using these strategies with very good and efficient outcomes and should serve as models as we move forward.
The United States spends more per capita on health care than any country in the world but our outcomes are dismal and getting worse. A physician-driven, highly transparent, voluntary, not-for-profit public health plan option is necessary to truly reform our healthcare system and today we move closer to that goal.”
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