Finish this sentence. My favorite place in the whole world is …
Higgins: South Buffalo, N.Y. We have a great, close-knit community. I was raised there.
And this one. The one thing I cannot tolerate is …
Higgins: Waste and inefficiency and bureaucratic inertia.
What is the last book you read?
Higgins: Founding Brothers, by Joseph Ellis. It’s about the personal relationships among the founding fathers of the nation. Jefferson and Adams is a particularly interesting relationship. They started off as friends and became bitter enemies and then reconciled in the end.
What is the best thing about serving in Congress?
Higgins: Without sounding hokey, the opportunity to influence things to benefit the community you’ve been sent here to represent.
And the worst?
Higgins: The schedule. It’s very difficult to control it. I believe you have to control it before it controls you.
Has God ever spoken to you?
Higgins: Not directly. Indirectly, I think.
Can you expand on this?
Higgins: No.
Are you morally opposed to premarital sex?
Higgins: I’m an ardent supporter [laughs]. No, live and let live.
Have you ever tried marijuana?
Higgins: [Face turns bright red.] It’s none of your business.
Betsy Rothstein
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