Higgins Withdraws from Homeland Security Committee

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) published a letter today, announcing his withdrawal from the House Homeland Security Committee.
 
“Over the course of my nine years in Congress, I have been a dedicated servant to We the People through the House Homeland Security Committee, fighting for the America First agenda, enforcement of American law, and security of American sovereignty,” wrote Congressman Higgins. “My Republican colleagues have chosen an alternate path for the Committee that I helped to build, a path more in alignment with the less conservative factions of our Conference, factions whose core principles are quite variant from my own conservative perspective on key issues like amnesty, ICE operations, and opposition to the surveillance state.”
 
Congressman Higgins continued, “Therefore, recognizing that I would be in opposition to the core principles and agenda of the newly elected Chairman, I withdraw my presence from the House Homeland Security Committee.”
 
Congressman Higgins will continue his mission in service to We the People. He will remain as a senior Republican member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement. He will also continue to represent Louisiana as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, and he will work closely with the White House to advance America First priorities.
 
View a PDF of the letter here.