7/13/2011- Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27), a member of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, sent a letter urging Ohio Governor John Kasich to veto legislation in his state that would allow businesses to remove 5 million gallons of water a day from Lake Erie.
7/8/2011- Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) joined several of his colleagues in signing a discharge petition that would require the House to consider the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (H.R. 639).
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27), a member of the Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus, recently paid a visit to the Upstate Niagara cultured products facility in West Seneca, N.Y. in honor of National Dairy Month.
7/7/2011- Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that the Bellevue Volunteer Fire Company has been awarded $90,000 in federal funding through the United States Department of Homeland Security Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program.