WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter to President Joe Biden, urging action to increase American oil and gas production in response to OPEC+ nations announcing plans...
Press Releases
In The News
Media Kit
Higgins Announces Funding for Coastal Restoration Efforts in Cameron Parish
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Gulf Coast Restoration is awarding $2,994,006.60 to the Rockefeller Refuge Gulf...
Higgins Battles Radical Climate Activism in Congressional Oversight Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) dismantled the arguments of “energy justice” activist, New York attorney Raya...
Higgins Slams Democrat Attacks on the Oil and Gas Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) responded to Democrat attacks on the oil and gas industry during a House Oversight Committee hearing this week. Congressman Higgins...
Higgins Urges Support for Driftwood LNG Permit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter this week to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), urging support for Driftwood LNG in the wake of a challenge...
Higgins: Supreme Court Correct to Rein in EPA, Federal Bureaucracy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped its regulatory...
Higgins, Palmer, Republican Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Support American Energy Production
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL), and 77 Republican colleagues recently introduced H. Res. 1020, which calls on the Biden administration to...
Higgins Announces Army Corps Funding for Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allocating an additional $115 million through the Infrastructure Law for construction on...
Higgins, Cammack, Republican Colleagues Introduce Small Scale LNG Access Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL), and 25 Republican colleagues recently introduced H.R. 7115, the Small Scale LNG Access Act, which would expedite...
Higgins: House Bill Banning Russian Oil Needs to Be Stronger
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 6968, a bill to suspend energy imports from Russia."I fully support the import ban on...
Higgins Issues Statement on Russian Oil Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the announcement that President Biden will ban Russian oil imports to the United States."Every purchase of...
Higgins Votes Against Democrat Bill Injuring America’s Economic Competitiveness
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted against H.R. 4521, a Democrat bill that injures America's economic competitiveness and fails to hold China accountable. The bill is nearly...
Higgins Offers Pro-American Energy Amendments to Democrat Climate Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) proposed a series of pro-American energy amendments during a House Oversight Committee markup on H.R. 5477, a bill that expands federal bureaucracy...
Higgins Commends $10B Investment for New LNG Facility in Cameron Parish
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended Venture Global LNG's announcement to invest more than $10 billion in a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, CP2 LNG, in Cameron...
Higgins, GOP Colleagues Call on Biden Reverse Anti-American Energy Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined over 140 House Republicans calling on President Biden to reverse his anti-American policies that have injured domestic energy production and...
Higgins, GOP Colleagues Working to Protect U.S. Energy Ports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and nearly 40 Republican colleagues delivered a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) calling out the Biden administration's plan to...
Higgins Secures Funding for Louisiana Projects in House Energy & Water Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies introduced and passed legislation that...
Higgins Announces $2.75M to Construct McNeese LNG Center of Excellence
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has approved a $2.75 million grant for McNeese State University Foundation...
Higgins Issues Statement After Federal Court Blocks Biden Administration’s Ban on Oil and Gas Leasing
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released the following statement after U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty issued a preliminary injunction, halting the Biden Administration's ban on...
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...