WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to Governor John Bel Edwards urging him to fully reopen Louisiana's economy and cease all state-level COVID-19 mandates.The...
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Higgins Votes Against Democrats’ Partisan Policing Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1280, Democrats' misguided police reform bill."Democrats' anti-police bill would legislate...
Higgins Announces Over $33M for Debris Removal, Utility Repairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $14,168,295 to the City of Sulphur for debris removal operations and $19,211,022 to Jefferson Davis Electric...
Higgins Introduces Disaster Recovery Amendments to Budget Reconciliation Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is introducing two disaster recovery amendments to House Democrats' $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package. The amendments would support...
Higgins Announces Flood Mitigation Funds for Erath
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $2,232,261 for flood mitigation efforts in Erath. The hazard mitigation grant will be used to finance the...
Louisiana GOP Rep. Higgins challenges Biden ‘to live without oil & gas’
Louisiana Republican Rep. Clay Higgins floated an environmental challenge to President Biden Tuesday – introducing a House resolution calling on the commander-in-chief to live without any petroleum...
Congressman Higgins challenges Biden Administration to stop using oil and gas products
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins has filed a resolution challenging the Biden Administration to operate without the use of any oil and gas energy or petroleum-based products. In doing so, Higgins...
Higgins, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Bipartisan Fixing America’s Bridges Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) are reintroducing the bipartisan Fixing America's Bridges Act, which would reestablish a federal funding...
Higgins Announces Increased Federal Assistance for Hurricane Laura Recovery
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that President Biden has approved a 90/10 cost-share adjustment for FEMA Public Assistance programs in response to Hurricane...
‘The Worst of Times’: Biden’s Keystone XL Cancellation Means Job Losses and a Host of Other Problems
The Biden administration's recent cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline has shaken an entire industry and may cost thousands of workers their jobs. Some of those workers are already facing sudden...
Democrats Consider Piecemeal Approach to Immigration Bills
Democrats in Congress and progressive advocates are coalescing around a strategy to try to pass immigration bills piecemeal, as the Biden administration looks for ways to enact a pathway to...
Higgins Slams Biden’s Amnesty Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after President Biden and Congressional Democrats released a legislative proposal that would provide over 11 million...
Higgins Introduces Pro-Energy, Pro-Law Enforcement Amendments to Budget Reconciliation Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced three amendments today that would prevent COVID relief funds from being used to support the implementation of the Paris Climate Accords,...
Higgins: Fighting for American Energy Dominance
Louisiana Congressman Higgins Takes On Biden’s Energy Policy
Louisiana 3rd District Congressman Clay Higgins met with reporters and offered his thoughts on a variety of subjects yesterday. Among the topics, Higgins discussed were the ongoing debates in...
Higgins Calls on Biden to Rescind Executive Orders Destroying Oil and Gas Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to President Biden this week urging him to rescind Executive Orders (EO) 13990 and 14008, which would have harmful effects on oil and...
Higgins: Democrats’ $2T COVID Package Unjustified, Fiscally Irresponsible
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) called out Democrats for pushing a massive $1.9 trillion stimulus package while more than $1 trillion of previously appropriated COVID relief funds...
Higgins cosponsors legislation to block Biden’s energy policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is cosponsoring three pieces of legislation that would protect Louisiana energy jobs, block President Biden's ability to ban new energy leases on...
Higgins Cosponsors Legislation to Block Biden’s Job-Killing Energy Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is cosponsoring three pieces of legislation that would protect Louisiana energy jobs, block President Biden's ability to ban new energy leases on...
Higgins: Biden’s assault on oil and gas industry threatens jobs, energy security
The Biden administration wasted no time launching a full-scale assault on the oil and gas industry. Through executive decree, President Biden is enacting job-killing energy policies that send...