Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition

Brian is a proud member of this coalition, which is composed of Members of Congress from the Northeast and Midwest regions of the country.  Both regions face similar challenges due to aging infrastructure, uneven job growth, a climate that leads to energy price fluctuation and increased heating costs, vacant housing, and returning large but vacant industrial sites to use.  The Coalition allows Members of Congress from these communities to band together on a bipartisan basis to advocate on behalf of communities like Western New York on these and other issues.

History of the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition:

The Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition was created in 1976 by a group of U.S. Representatives from the 18 Northeastern and Midwestern states. Its initial purpose was to assist those legislators to unite the votes of their colleagues during complex and controversial votes on allocating federal monies among the states. In short order, the Coalition members found that they had common interests in numerous other issues related to the economic well-being and environmental health of the Northeast-Midwest region.

Perennial issues of concern to the 174 representatives from the region (40 percent of the House of Representatives) include home energy assistance to low-income families, assistance to small manufacturers, clean water and safe drinking water revolving fund monies, community development block grants, weatherization assistance, watershed ecosystem restoration, and trade adjustment assistance. [Source: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition]