Archived Press Releases - 2007

December 2007

• CONGRESSMAN HIGGINS, MAYOR BROWN ANNOUNCE MAIN STREET RECONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR 700 BLOCK

• Higgins Announces Homeland Security Grants for Chautauqua County

• Higgins Announces Homeland Security Grants for Cheektowaga & Depew Police

• Higgins Announces $195,000 for Mercy Hospital

• Congressman Higgins Announces Fire Grants for Dunkirk & Mayville

• Higgins’ Statement on Thruway Toll Increase

• Higgins Joins Congress to Approve Historic Energy Security Bill

• Higgins Announces in $416,004 in HUD Grants for Programs in Buffalo and Erie County

• Higgins Votes to Extend and Improve National “Do Not Call” Registry

• Congressman Higgins Announces $42,989 for Kennedy Fire Department

• Higgins Supports Moving Forward on Waterfront Parkway

• Congressman Higgins Announces December “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Congressman Higgins Announces $38,000 Federal Grant for Lake Erie Beach Fire Company

November 2007

• Congressman Higgins Announces $30,875 For Cherry Creek Fire Department

• Congressman Higgins Announces $24,700 for Evans Center Volunteer Fire Company

• Congressman Higgins and Citizens Campaign for the Environment Host Great Lakes Roundtable Discussion

• Congressman Higgins Announces “Congress on Your Corner” In Buffalo

• Higgins Says New Thruway Authority Capital Plan Shortchanges WNY over $200 million from 2007 - 2010

• Higgins Proposes Constitutional Amendment on Campaign Finance Regulation

• Higgins Applauds Announcement of Thruway Authority Audit

• Congressman Higgins Announces $78,843 for Marilla Fire Company

• Higgins Calls for State Audit of Thruway Authority

• Congressman Higgins Announces $158,312 for Bellevue

• Higgins Urges Halt of Rules that Would Hurt Children, Local Hospitals & Future Physicians

• Higgins Says FEMA Continues Pattern of Misinformation

October 2007

• Congressman Higgins Announces November “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Higgins Fights to Exclude Old First Ward, Cobblestone District, Inner Harbor, and Waterfront Village from FEMA Flood Map

• Higgins Votes For Extension Of Internet Tax Freedom Amendments Act

• Olmsted-Like Parkway set for 3.3 mile stretch along Buffalo Waterfront

• Higgins Blocks Social Security Administration Effort to Cut Hours at WNY Offices Next Month

• Higgins Responds to Failure of SCHIP Veto Override

• Congressman Higgins Announces Service Academy Nomination Deadline of October 31

• Higgins Announces Application Period for Federal Fire Prevention & Safety Grants

• Higgins Announces Relief for Local Farmers

• FEMA Draws New Flood Zone Map For Buffalo

• Higgins Says Failure to Negotiate Drug Prices Costing U.S. Seniors and Taxpayers Billions Each Year

• CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION CALLS ON FEMA TO ACCEPT BUFFALO’S APPEAL FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF STUMP REMOVAL FROM OCTOBER SNOW STORM

• Congressman Higgins Announces $36,922 Federal Grant for Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Company

• Statement By Congressman Brian Higgins on the Proposal to Issue Drivers Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

• Congressman Higgins Announces Progress in National Rail Safety

• Congressman Higgins, Mayor Brown Announce $58,730 Homeland Security Grant for Buffalo Fire Department

• Congressman Higgins Announces $135,747 Federal Grant for Jamison Road Volunteer Fire Company

• Congressman Higgins & Mayor Brown Announce Plan to Invest $25 Million in Neighborhoods Surrounding New Peace Bridge

• Congressman Higgins Announces October “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Demolition Work to Commence on Outer Harbor Property

September 2007

• Higgins Votes to Improve Investment Opportunities for Small Businesses

• Higgins Announces $107, 369 for Erie Community College

• With Cold Temperatures On The Way Higgins Fights for and Secures Additional Federal Home Heating Assistance Funding

• NYS DOT Assures Higgins: Fuhrmann Boulevard Project “Will Not Add One Day to the Skyway’s Continued Existence”

• Congressman Higgins Announces Deadline for Service Academy Nominations

• Congressman Higgins & Mayor Teresi Announce Federal Grant for Public Safety and Crime Fighting Efforts in the City of Jamestown

• Congressman Brian Higgins Observes 9/11 in Pakistan

• Higgins Introduces Neighborhood Reclamation & Revitalization Act of 2007

• Congressman Higgins & Mayor Polanski Announce Federal Grant for Public Safety and Crime Fighting Efforts in the City of Lackawanna

• Statement by Congressman Higgins and Mayor Brown on Inner Harbor Development

• Congressman Higgins to Host Military Academy Night

• Higgins & Teresi Announce Federal Grant for Chautauqua Striders Mentoring Program

August 2007

• Congressman Higgins Announces Federal Grant for New Boston Emergency Squad Vehicle

• Congressman Higgins Announces $57,000 for Stanley Hose

• Congressman Higgins Announces Federal Grant to Buffalo State College for Equipment to Research Buffalo River

• Higgins, Slaughter, Brown Announce $446,676 Federal Grant for Public Safety and Crime Fighting Efforts in the City of Buffalo

• Congressman Higgins Makes Virtual Home Care Visit

• Higgins & Reynolds Announce $133,618 for Depew Volunteer Fire Department

• Congressman Brian Higgins’ Statement on NYPA Appointment

• Congressman Higgins Introduces Legislation to Protect Water, Prevent Invasive Weed Growth

• Congressman Higgins and Mayor Teresi Announce Jamestown Homeownership Initiative

July 2007

• Congressman Higgins Announces Grant Opportunities for Fire and EMS Companies

• Congressman Higgins Announces $163,561 for Scranton Fire Company

• Congressman Higgins Announces August “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Congressman Higgins, Mayor Brown Say American Plaza Equals Thousands of Jobs for US Construction Workers

• Congressman Higgins Tells GSA To “Go Green” on Peace Bridge

• Higgins Calls for House Oversight Committee Investigation Into Feds Attempts to Seize Part of Guaranty Building

• Higgins: House Bill Has $72 Million Increase in Cancer Funding

• Congressman Higgins Announces $311,731 Grant for D’Youville College

• Higgins Calls for GSA to Expedite Peace Bridge Construction

• Congressman Higgins Votes for Single Largest Investment in College Aid Since GI Bill

• Congressman Higgins, Southtowns Walleye Association, Citizens Campaign for the Environment Applaud Efforts to Ban Invasive Species

• Congressman Higgins Announces $75,000 for Black-Rock Riverside Neighborhood Housing Services

• Higgins Says WNY Can’t Afford to Wait For Hope of Shared Border Management

• Congressman Higgins Points to Progress on the Water’s Edge

• Congressman Higgins Announces $150,000 for Southtowns Home Rehab

• Congressman Higgins Announces July “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Congressman Higgins Announces $480,000 FHLB Grant to CHRIC

June 2007

• Higgins Amendment to Expand Public Access and Green Space in and Around Historic Buffalo Light House Passes Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

• Higgins Presses Chertoff for Federal Support to Expedite Peace Bridge Construction

• Rep. Higgins Blasts Homeland Security Department for Using Fear Mongering and Fact Distortion To Pursue Failed Passport Plan

• Higgins Says Delay in Passport Requirement Signals Administration Conceding to Error in Policy

• Congressman Higgins Votes to Delay Passport Requirement

• Flags Available Through Congressman Higgins’ Office

• Higgins Fights to See Troops Receive Best Equipment Available

• Congressman Higgins Meets with Rotary Club Exchange Program Visitors from Africa

• Higgins Lauds Attorney General’s Actions to Defend WNYers, Invites Public to “Know Your Rights”

• Higgins Votes to Provide Additional Support for Returning Troops

May 2007

• Congressman Higgins Announces June “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Congressman Higgins Announces Congressional Art Competition Winners

• Congressman Higgins Announces $1.2 Million for West Seneca Youth Bureau AmeriCorps Program

• Congressman Higgins Announces May “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Higgins Calls on Federal Highway Administration to Take Quick Action on Approval for Peace Bridge Construction

• Congressman Higgins Announces Training Grant For Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union

• REPRESENTATIVES HIGGINS, SLAUGHTER, REYNOLDS AND SENATORS SCHUMER, CLINTON CALL ON NUCLEAR WORKERS ADVISORY BOARD TO GRANT JUSTICE TO BETHLEHEM STEEL WORKERS

• CONGRESSMAN HIGGINS CALLS ON NYPA TRUSTEES AND TOP STAFF TO RESIGN

April 2007

• Higgins Announces Major Victory for Housing Authorities

• Congressman Higgins To Push for Changes in Federal Rail Safety Program

• Congressman Higgins Announces $2.12 Million USDA Loan for Completion of Aurora Water District

• Higgins to Meet with Blair, Adams, and Paisley

• Congressman Higgins Announces “Congress on Your Corner” In Depew, Aurora & Sardinia

• Congressman Higgins Announces April “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

March 2007

• ECHDC Signs Agreement for Inner Harbor Plan

• Congressman Higgins Announces Open Application Period for Federal Fire Grants

• FRA Releases Report Detailing CSX Safety Violations; Higgins Calls for CSX to Immediately Change Practices

• Congressman Higgins Announces $203,700 in Federal Funding for Completion of Ripley Water District

• Congressman Higgins Announces Annual Congressional Art Competition

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves New License for Niagara Power Plant

• NeighborWorks® America Awards Funds to CHRIC

• Congressman Higgins Announces $179,771 for Fire Companies in Celoron & Sinclairville

• Congressman Higgins Announces $142,044 for Fire Companies in Westfield & Sherman

• House of Representatives Reauthorizes Sewer Overflow Grants; Would Subsidize Buffalo Sewer Replacement

• Congressman Higgins Meets with Canisius College Students in Washington, DC

• Congressman Higgins Announces March “Congress on Your Corner” Schedule for Erie County

• Congressman Higgins Announces March “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County  

• Last Impediment to Buffalo Courthouse Construction Lifted; Courthouse Will be Fully Funded, Shovels in Ground This Summer

February 2007

• Higgins Hosts Briefing on Farm Bill and Northeast Agriculture Issues

• Congressman Higgins’ Web Site Wins 2006 Silver Mouse Award

• Higgins and Giambra announce engineering study for bridge to Outer Harbor

• Congressman Higgins Says 5 Year, $250 Million Decrease in Federal Cancer Funding Unacceptable

• Congressman Brian Higgins, Union Leaders and Workers Support Employee Free Choice Act

• Higgins wants Congress to Scrap Passport Plan for Peace Bridge

• Higgins' Statement on Iraq Resolution

• Congressman Higgins Announces Federal Grant for Frewsburg Fire Department

• At House Committee on the Budget, Higgins Testifies on Buffalo Courthouse Funding

• Congressman Higgins Announces Federal Grants for Erie County Fire Departments

• Higgins: President’s Dead of Winter Budget Cuts to LIHEAP Unacceptable, Detrimental to Western New York

• Congressman Higgins To Host Grant Workshops for Local Firefighters

• Congressman Higgins Announces Federal Grant for Jamestown Fire Department

January 2007

• Higgins’ Transportation Subcommittee Passes Two Bills To Help Improve Water Quality in Western New York

• Congressman Higgins Announces February “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Congressman Higgins Announces Federal Grant for Big Tree Fire Company

• Higgins Votes for CLEAN Energy Act; Bill Includes Higgins Legislation Ending Tax Breaks for Oil and Gas Companies

• Congressman Higgins Votes to Require Negotiations for Lower Prescription Drug Prices

• Congressman Higgins Announces January “Congress On Your Corner” Schedule for Chautauqua County

• Higgins Votes for Increase in Minimum Wage

• Congressman Brian Higgins’ Statement Concerning President Bush’s Planned Address to the Nation Tonight

• Higgins Confident of New Beginning in 110th Congress

• Federal Railroad Administration Agrees to Higgins’ Request for Investigation of Local Overpasses