WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-La.), a member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border & Maritime Security, introduced a resolution today denouncing the radical...
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Higgins Pushes School Safety on House Floor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 5242, the School Resource Officer Assessment Act. The bill is the first of Congressman Higgins' two...
Higgins’ School Safety Bill Passes House
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Higgins' bill, H.R. 5242 the School Resource Officer Assessment Act, today during National Police Week. The bill directs the...
School Security focus of Higgins’ Proposals
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins recently submitted two bills to Congress that would change the landscape of school security for the country's 95,230 public schools.House Resolution 5242 calls for collecting...
Higgins hosts roundtable on school safety
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) hosted a school safety roundtable today with representatives from school districts and law enforcement agencies across Louisiana's 3rd District.School superintendents...
Congressman Clay Higgins on school safety
Higgins spoke with KPLC to preview a meeting on school safety Tuesday in Lafayette."It's apart of the national narrative as it should be," Higgins said.Higgins said he'll be taking a step back, and...
Rep. Clay Higgins: ‘Cultural change’ needed to improve school security
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins envisions a future with a new class of police officers working in the nation's schools.Higgins said these would be Tactical School Resource Officers, or TSROs. His idea is to...
Higgins bills center on data collected on school officers, and special training
Congressman Clay Higgins was in town today, and stopped by KATC to talk about two bills he has introduced aimed at improving school security.The first, H.R. 5242, the School Resource Officer...
Higgins Supports Efforts to Prevent School Violence
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4909, the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP)...
U.S. Rep Clay Higgins proposes school safety bills
US Representative Clay Higgins is proposing two bills aimed at investigating and improving the quality of law enforcement protection at public schools. After the revelation that the school resource...
Higgins Introduces School Safety Bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has introduced H.R. 5242, the School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018, and H.R. 5523, the School Watch and Tactics (SWAT) Act of 2018, two...
Higgins Introduces Bill to Combat Terrorist Threats
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of his work on the Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry into the United States, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has introduced H.R. 4564, the Post-Caliphate Threat...
Congressman Higgins Pays Tribute to Corporal Middlebrook
Higgins Announces More than $3.8M for State Law Enforcement
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement will receive more than $3.8 million to reimburse law enforcement agencies that responded to historic...
Higgins Cosponsors Citizens’ Right to Know Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that he is cosponsoring H.R. 2152, the Citizens' Right to Know Act, by Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX). The bill requires state and...
Lawmakers Rethink Federal Use of Kaspersky Lab Products
Congressional lawmakers and federal agencies are reevaluating the federal government's relationship with Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab over concerns about the company's ties with...
Higgins Homeland Security Bill Clears House Hurdles
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Port Barre, says his legislation to authorize the Department of Homeland Security will give Congress needed oversight powers that may yet trim the department's size and...
House Passes Landmark DHS Authorization Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Clay Higgins' (R-LA) comprehensive bill H.R. 2825, "The DHS Authorization Act of 2017," passed the House today with...
Higgins Questions Cyber Capabilities During Anti-Terrorism Task Force Meeting
Higgins Speaks in Support of National Police Week
During a week where the U.S. House of Representatives voted on significant legislation to honor and protect law enforcement officers, Congressman Higgins took to the House floor to commemorate...