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Congressman Brian Higgins from New York

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Congressman Brian  Higgins
Democrat
Next Election: 2024
Brian Higgins
New York
202-225-3306
District: 26
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Latest Announcements:

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Latest Votes:

Dec 7 2023

Voted No On Agreeing to the Resolution on HRES914

Censuring Representative Jamaal Bowman.

Dec 7 2023

Voted No On Passage on HJRES88

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Improving Income Driven Repayment for the ...

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Campaign Finance Summary:

Contributions: $622,113
Individual $280,220
PAC & SuperPac $341,480
Disbursements: $420,501
Individual Refunds $500
Committee Refunds $0
Debts Owed $0
Cash on Hand $994,955

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Recently Sponsored Bills:

hr9336 - Nov 17 2022

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage under State plans under the Medicaid program for annual lung cancer screening with no cost sharing for individuals for whom screening is recommended by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, to expand coverage under Medicaid of counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use, and for other purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr9213 - Oct 21 2022

To amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the appropriation of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program.

House Natural Resources Committee

Cosponsors
1

hres997 - Mar 18 2022

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and the importance of Commission on Cancer-accredited programs in ensuring comprehensive, high-quality, patient-centered cancer care.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
3

hr6774 - Feb 18 2022

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide coverage for boxing-based exercise classes for veterans diagnosed with certain movement disorders, and for other purposes.

House Veterans' Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr6330 - Dec 20 2021

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for consideration of the effect of excess production capacity in nonmarket economy countries to determine threat of material injury to United States industry in countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations under title VII of that Act.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr6330 - Dec 20 2021

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for consideration of the effect of excess production capacity in nonmarket economy countries to determine threat of material injury to United States industry in countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations under title VII of that Act.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr5137 - Aug 31 2021

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create senior health planning accounts funded by the proceeds of the sale or assignment of life insurance contracts.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr5015 - Aug 13 2021

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand hospitals eligible for the Medicaid DSH payment adjustment.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr4998 - Aug 10 2021

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and heads of related agencies to construct and staff passenger rail preclearance facilities in the United States, and for other purposes.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr4998 - Aug 10 2021

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and heads of related agencies to construct and staff passenger rail preclearance facilities in the United States, and for other purposes.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr4385 - Jul 9 2021

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

House Education and Labor Committee

Cosponsors
5

hr2881 - Apr 28 2021

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an option for individuals who are ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, to provide for health insurance market stabilization, and for other purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
3

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building".

House Oversight and Reform Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building".

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building".

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building".

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building".

House Oversight and Reform Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr2142 - Mar 23 2021

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
27

hr9049 - Dec 24 2020

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a cancer center construction grant program.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr5958 - Feb 25 2020

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create senior health planning accounts funded by the proceeds of the sale or assignment of life insurance contracts.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr5851 - Feb 11 2020

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain qualified over-the-counter securities to be treated as readily traded on an established securities market for the purpose of diversification requirements for employee stock ownership plans.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr5351 - Dec 6 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr5237 - Nov 21 2019

To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate a flag as the Purple Heart Flag.

House Judiciary Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr4276 - Sep 10 2019

To establish a minimum staffing level of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials along the northern border, and for other purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
5

hr3905 - Jul 23 2019

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.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
11

hr3654 - Jul 9 2019

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians' services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr3316 - Jun 18 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for neighborhood revitalization, and for other purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr1730 - Mar 13 2019

To amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
17

hr1346 - Feb 25 2019

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an option for individuals who are ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, to provide for health insurance market stabilization, and for other purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
26

hr5431 - Apr 5 2018

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.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr4094 - Oct 23 2017

To establish a public health plan.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
5

hr3748 - Sep 12 2017

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an option for individuals who are ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, to provide for health insurance market stabilization, and for other purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
34

hr3368 - Jul 24 2017

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

House Veterans' Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
1

hres441 - Jul 12 2017

Require a Score Before the Floor Resolution

House Rules Committee

Cosponsors
1

hres441 - Jul 12 2017

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any bill or joint resolution until a cost estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office has been available to the public, and for other purposes.

House Rules Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr2329 - May 3 2017

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program, and for other purposes.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Cosponsors
0