• HIGGINS, BRIAN
Experience: House: District 26, 2005-Present
Home State: New York
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $635,320Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Brian Higgins
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Mary Jane; 2 Children: John, Maeve
    Birth Date: 10/06/1959
    Birth Place: Buffalo, NY
    Home City: Buffalo, NY

Education

    MA, Public Policy/Administration, John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1996
    MA, History, Buffalo State College, 1995
    BA, Political Science, Buffalo State College, 1985

Political Experience

    Assistant Democratic Whip, United States House of Representatives, 2011-present
    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2004-present
    Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 1999-2003

Current Legislative Committees

    Foreign Affairs, Member
    Homeland Security, Member
    Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, Member
    Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Member
    Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Cancer Caucus
    Former Co-Chair, Congressional Cancer Caucus
    Member, Congressional Great Lakes Task Force
    Former Co-Chair, Congressional Great Lakes Task Force
    Co-Chair, Congressional Older Cities Task Force
    Former Co-Chair, Historic Preservation Caucus
    Member, New Democrat Coalition
    Member, Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
    Former Co-Chair, Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
    Member, Northern Border Caucus
    Former Co-Chair, Northern Border Caucus
    Member, Ways & Means Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2009-2010
    Member, Committee Government & Oversight, United States House of Representatives, 2005-2008
    Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives, 2005-2008

Professional Experience

    Laborer, Family Bricklaying Business
    Lecturer, Economics & History Departments, Buffalo State College, 2000-2004
    Chief of Staff, Erie County Legislature, 1993-1998
    Senior Policy Advisor, Erie County Legislature, 1994-1998

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Historian, Irish-American Legislators Society of New York
    Member/Historian, New York State Irish Legislators Association
    Member, Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church
    Member, Buffalo Common Council, 1988-1993

Additional Information

Awards:

    1993, Best Buffalo lawmaker, Buffalo News survey of 350 Western New York Business and Community Leaders
    1995, Inaugural Western New York Harvard Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University
    Judge John D. Hillary Scholarship Award
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Oppose
11. Support & expand free trade

Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Support
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 74
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
06/17/2008 H.Res.1275 Honoring the life of Timothy John Russert, Jr., public servant, political analyst, and author. 06/17/2008 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
01/28/2008 H.R.5110 To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration without revisions to Congress, and for other purposes. 01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.  (All Actions)
11/02/2007 H.J.Res.61 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. 11/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.  (All Actions)
10/19/2007 H.R.3498 Neighborhood Reclamation and Revitalization Program Act of 2007 10/19/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.  (All Actions)
08/02/2007 H.R.3331 To prohibit, as a banned hazardous substance, certain household dishwashing detergent containing phosphorus. 08/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.  (All Actions)
06/05/2007 H.R.1345 To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. 06/05/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.  (All Actions)
04/23/2007 H.R.1997 To provide for reclassification of Chautauqua County, New York, for purposes of payment for inpatient hospital services under the Medicare Program. 04/23/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
09/27/2006 H.R.6212 Ethanol Stimulus Act of 2006 09/27/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
06/09/2006 H.Res.858 Condemning the recent vote by the British National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) to boycott Israeli academia. 06/09/2006 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.  (All Actions)
03/27/2006 H.R.4479 Energy Consumer Relief Act of 2005 03/27/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.  (All Actions)
11/22/2005 H.R.3339 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2061 South Park Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "James T. Molloy Post Office Building". 11/22/2005 Became Public Law No: 109-109. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
07/29/2005 H.R.3366 Western New York Redevelopment Act of 2005 07/29/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.  (All Actions)
05/19/2005 H.Res.279 Condemning the recent vote by the British Association of University Teachers to boycott Bar-Ilan University and Haifa University. 05/19/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.  (All Actions)
04/05/2005 H.Res.186 Honoring the life's work of Pope John Paul II. 04/05/2005 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.  (All Actions)
Total: 2163
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/12/2017 H.Res.380 Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017 H.R.2840 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
05/19/2017 H.R.1725 Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017
05/18/2017 H.Res.199 Recognizing the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory.
05/18/2017 H.Res.197 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.
05/18/2017 H.Res.188 Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims.
05/17/2017 H.R.2499 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to meet standards for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for Federal office, including a standard requiring States to ensure that no individual waits for longer than one hour to cast a vote at a polling place, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017 H.R.2309 Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2017
05/17/2017 H.R.356 Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/04/2017 H.R.2389 To reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, and for other purposes.
05/04/2017 H.Res.314 Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
05/02/2017 H.R.2282 Equality Act
05/02/2017 H.Con.Res.52 Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action, are unaccounted for, or died in-theater.
05/02/2017 H.Res.291 Promoting and supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair Housing Act and recognizing April 2017 as Fair Housing Month, which includes bringing attention to the discrimination faced by every-day Americans in the United States in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, and religion.
05/02/2017 H.R.1242 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
05/01/2017 H.R.2049 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017
04/28/2017 H.R.2119 Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
04/26/2017 H.R.1960 Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
04/25/2017 H.R.1571 Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act
04/25/2017 H.Res.187 Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan. Passed Yea
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