LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter to mayors, parish presidents, and police juries across Louisiana's 3rd District informing of federal grant opportunities that are...
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Higgins Urges Biden to Approve Louisiana’s Request for Major Disaster Declaration
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter today to President Joe Biden, urging the approval of Louisiana's request for a major disaster declaration in response to recent...
Higgins Announces $50M for Vermilion River Dredging
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 22 Civil Works Budget includes $50 million for spot dredging of the Vermilion River. The...
Higgins Urges Louisiana Citizens to Report Flood, Weather-Related Damages
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a public service announcement today asking Louisiana citizens to report flood and other weather-related losses at DAMAGE.LA.GOV. This will...
Higgins Pushes for Additional Recovery Resources on House Floor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a speech today on the House floor calling for additional long-term hurricane recovery resources and urging the Biden administration to...
Higgins Delivers Letter to Biden, Urging Additional Recovery Resources After Floods
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Biden today, again urging him to issue a supplemental disaster request following yesterday's torrential...
Higgins Announces Funding for Sulphur, Eunice Airports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Eunice Airport and Southland Field in Sulphur, LA will receive over $1.6 million from the Federal Aviation Administration...
Higgins Announces USDA Purchase of Gulf Shrimp
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase up to $25 million of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Wild-Caught...
Higgins Receives “Taxpayers’ Friend Award” from the National Taxpayers Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) was recognized by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) for having one of the strongest voting records for supporting limited government, economic...
Higgins Announces Funding for Shipyards in St. Mary Parish
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today Conrad Shipyard and Bollinger Marine Fabricators will receive over $1.5 million for equipment and infrastructure upgrades at their...
Higgins Introduces Finish the Wall Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, is introducing the Finish the Wall Act, which requires the Biden...
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, Freedom Caucus Colleagues Defend Law Enforcement Against Anti-Police Attacks
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...
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 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 $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 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 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...