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Brian Higgins' Public Statements on Issue: Employment and Affirmative Action

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11/30/2022 Statement by Congressman Brian Higgins on Railroad Agreement
07/27/2022 Congressman Higgins Announces Approval of Bipartisan Bill Restoring Delphi Retiree Pensions
12/09/2021 Congressman Brian Higgins Applauds Starbucks Workers On Their Successful Effort to Unionize
08/03/2021 Members of New York Congressional Delegation Make Renewed Call for Governor Cuomo's Resignation
07/22/2021 Higgins Joins Bipartisan Push to Help Restore Pensions for Delphi Salaried Retirees
07/19/2021 Jacobs Calls for End to Disincentives to Work
04/30/2021 Letter to the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, and Tom Cole, Ranking Member - Levin Pens Four Letters to House Appropriators for MI-09 Priorities
04/21/2021 At Hearing on Paid Leave & Child Care, Higgins Urges Inclusive, Equitable Federal Policy Aimed At Helping Working Families
04/15/2021 Congressman Higgins Announces House Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act
03/30/2021 Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States and Honorable Kamala D. Harris, Vice President of the United States - Dingell, Pressley, Lamb, Jayapal Lead Call for Historic Investment in Home and Community-Based Services in Recovery Package
03/18/2021 Higgins Announces House Approval of The American Dream and Promise Act & the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
03/11/2021 EPA Selects Push Buffalo to Receive $200,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce in Economically Distressed Communities
03/09/2021 Higgins Announces Approval of Legislation Protecting Worker Rights
02/25/2021 Letter to Speaer Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, and Whip Clayton - Led by Golden and Levin, 110 Lawmakers Push for Quick Action to Protect the Right to Organize
02/08/2021 Higgins Announces Passage of Legislation Supporting and Expanding National Apprenticeship Programs
10/26/2020 Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Dept. of Labor - House Democrats to DOL: Proposed Rule to Increase Employee Misclassification Will Cost Workers and the Economy
07/23/2020 Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Dept. of Labor, and the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative - Neal, Blumenauer, Along with Ways and Means Democrats and USMCA Working Group Members, Urge Scalia, Lighthizer to Implement USMCA-Labor Provisions as Congress Intended
06/24/2020 Letter to Peter Robb, National Labor Relations Board's General Counsel - Jayapal, Pocan Urge National Labor Relations Board to Take Immediate Action to Protect Workers Punished for Pandemic-Related Organizing Activity
04/28/2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Reps. S. Garcia, Lowenthal, and Chu Lead House Democrats in Urging PPP Access for Labor Unions
04/27/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Watson Coleman, Pocan, Carbajal, 150 Other Members of Congress Request Increased Protections for Frontline Federal Workers
04/13/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. TJ Cox Leads Bipartisan Effort to Make State and Local Governments Eligible for Emergency Paid Leave Payroll Tax Credits
04/10/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Rep. Susie Lee to Leadership: Fund Community Health Centers in Next Congressional Relief Package
03/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Chairs DeFazio, Doggett to Corporations: Put Workers First in Economic Recovery
02/11/2020 Sens. Tillis & Peters, Reps. Kelly & Higgins Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Benefitting Small Businesses and Workers
02/07/2020 Higgins Announces Passage of Legislation to Expand and Strengthen Worker Rights

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