Congressman Brian Higgins Sworn-In to Serve in the 118th Congress

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) has been sworn in to serve as a member of the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress.

“There is no greater privilege than to represent this great community and the people of Western New York in the United States Congress,” said Higgins. “We are ready to get to work on behalf of the region, to create meaningful change and new opportunities for our neighbors, and to fight for the issues that make a difference in the lives of the families here in Western New York.”

The transition marks not only a new two-year session of Congress but new areas of representation for Higgins, who serves in New York’s 26th Congressional District.  Changes following the 2020 Census and redistricting process shifts NY-26 north, encompassing a greater portion of Niagara County in addition to areas in Erie County.  Municipalities now represented by Congressman Higgins in the new NY-26 include: the cities of Tonawanda, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and North Tonawanda; the towns of Porter, Wilson, Lewiston, Cambria, Niagara, Wheatfield, Pendleton, Grand Island, Tonawanda, Amherst, Cheektowaga, a portion of West Seneca and a portion of the Town of Lockport not including the City of Lockport; as well as the Villages of Youngstown, Wilson, Lewiston, Kenmore, Williamsville, Sloan, and a portion of Depew.

Throughout his tenure, Congressman Higgins has prioritized delivering Western New York progress and constituent service. Higgins welcomes outreach from residents, businesses, or organizations within the district. Stay up to date on the latest news by following Congressman Higgins on social media at @RepBrianHiggins. Sign up to receive the latest news at: https://higgins.house.gov/contact/newsletter. Contact Congressman Higgins’ Buffalo office at 716-852-3501 or the Niagara Falls office at 716-282-2479. 

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Mike Johnson’s failures condemned by former GOP speaker: ‘Democrats won the shutdown’



Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) suggested that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had failed the Republican Party by refusing to open the House of Representatives for legislative business during the government shutdown last year.

During an appearance on C-SPAN this week, host Dasha Burns noted that the year ended without passing an extension for health care subsidies, causing insurance costs to skyrocket for many Americans.

"Republicans having the majority should have planned further in advance instead of the last weeks of the year to see how am I going to deal with this," McCarthy replied. "So now they've kind of got a political football. Remember what happened in the House."

"The Democrats did shut the government down. Everybody would agree with that," he continued. "But the Senate kept working. The House kept everybody away. And when you only have a majority for two years to pass a bill, you have to have a hearing, then you have to have a markup, then you've got to pass the bill, then it's got to go the floor? You just lost two months."

"Was it a mistake for Johnson to send the House home?" Burns wondered.

"The House, you have the power as the Speaker and the majority," McCarthy pointed out. "If you give that power away, you may look at the end of the day, oh, I gave two months, maybe the Democrats won the shutdown."

"How many other bills could we have passed? How many things could we brought to the floor that was an 80-20 issue that actually put the Democrats in a bad place for shutting the government down?"