WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) led 11 other members of the House Freedom Caucus on an official letter to President Joe Biden defending law enforcement and countering leftist...
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Higgins Commends Investments in I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge, I-49 Connector
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (LADOTD) Secretary Shawn Wilson announced today that...
Higgins: Delegation United Behind Southwest Louisiana’s Long-Term Recovery Needs
Nearly eight months have passed since Hurricanes Laura and Delta devastated Southwest Louisiana. Two major hurricanes hitting the same parishes a month apart presented significant challenges and...
Higgins Announces $1.7M for Debris Clearance in Calcasieu Parish
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $1,698,457.51 to the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury for debris clearance from roads and emergency access routes...
Higgins, Delegation Urge Biden Administration to Approve INFRA Grant for I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) led a Louisiana congressional delegation letter today to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging him to approve the...
Higgins Pushes for Supplemental Disaster Relief Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered an official letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi today urging her to support a supplemental disaster relief plan that provides long-term...
Higgins Rated One of Most Effective Republican Lawmakers in the 116th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is ranked in the top 10% of House Republicans in the 116th Congress for legislative effectiveness according to the Center for Effective Lawmaking...
Higgins Slams Biden’s Gun-Control Executive Orders
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after President Biden announced several executive actions on gun control. "These executive actions are misguided and will only restrict...
Higgins Announces Funding for Airports in Crowley, Patterson
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Le Gros Memorial Airport in Crowley and Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport in Patterson will receive over $206,000 from the...
Higgins Announces $2M for Lafayette Regional Airport
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Lafayette Regional Airport will receive $2 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for construction work on the...
Higgins urges Edwards to use federal funding for infrastructure backlog
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins is urging Governor John Bel Edwards to use federal funding from the recent COVID-19 stimulus package on infrastructure needs in the state.Higgins sent a letter on...
Higgins Urges Governor to Utilize Federal Windfall to Address Louisiana’s Infrastructure Backlog
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today urging Governor Edwards to utilize federal funding from the latest COVID-19 package to address Louisiana's infrastructure backlog....
Higgins Announces Funding for Chennault International Airport
LAKE CHARLES, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Chennault International Airport will receive over $3.438 million from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport...
Higgins Announces Funding for Airports in LA-03
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that six 3rd District airports will receive over $3.4 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal...
SW La. will get $22.17M for hurricane recovery
FEMA will award $22.17 million to several Southwest Louisiana parishes for Hurricane Laura recovery and flood mitigation, officials announced Wednesday.The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury will receive...
Biden Cancels 80 Million Acre Oil Lease Sale, Putting Louisiana Oil and Gas Industry in Danger
The devastating fallout of the Biden administration's job-killing rampage continues after he canceled the sale of 80 million acres of Gulf of Mexico oil leases that was scheduled for Wednesday in...
Louisiana Delegation Introduces Bill to Reauthorize Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Members of the Louisiana congressional delegation introduced today a bill to reauthorize the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area (NHA) for 15 years. Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA)...
Higgins Introduces Second Amendment Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has introduced H.R. 1691, the Second Amendment Protection Act, which affirms the right to bear arms and strengthens protections for law-abiding gun...
Higgins Announces Over $22M for Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Recovery Efforts in LA-03
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $22.17 million for flood mitigation and Hurricane Laura recovery efforts in Calcasieu, Jeff Davis, and...
Louisiana’s congressional delegation blames Biden for surge of children at border
Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and other members of the all-GOP Louisiana congressional delegation are blaming President Biden for a surge of unaccompanied migrant children at America's southern...