WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued a public letter today, urging members of the Louisiana State Legislature to work together to reduce government spending and embrace...
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Higgins Introduces Legislation to Strengthen Tax Code, Block Payments to Illegal Immigrants
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced the Safeguarding American Workers’ Benefits Act, which, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), would save taxpayers $24.5...
Higgins Reintroduces Bill to Protect Insurance Availability for Louisiana
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced H.R. 1545, the Restoring Competitive Property Insurance Availability Act, which would protect insurance availability for Louisiana...
Higgins Helps Pass Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass H.R. 23, the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, which would rescind funding made available to the Internal Revenue...
Higgins Introduces Bill to Protect Insurance Availability for Louisiana
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is introducing legislation to protect insurance availability for Louisiana homeowners and encourage insurers to continue coverage options after a...
Higgins Introduces Bill to Advance Charity Health Services
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is introducing the “Medical Care Equity Act,” which would initiate long-overdue tax code reforms for medical doctors who provide pro-bono health...
Higgins Named NFIB Guardian of Small Business
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has been recognized by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) with the “Guardian of Small Business” award for his conservative,...
Higgins’ Amendment to Remove IRS Army Rejected by Democrats
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 5376, the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.” Earlier this week, Congressman...
Higgins, House Freedom Caucus Oppose Democrats’ Insane Tax Increase Bill
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and the House Freedom Caucus announced their official positions opposing H.R. 5376, the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.”Congressman Higgins issued...
Op-Ed: Biden’s Inflation Crisis is Crushing American Families
With inflation at its highest rate in 40 years, American families of every background are struggling to keep up with rising costs. However, the Biden administration’s policies are only making...
Higgins Slams IRS Plan to Spy on Americans’ Bank Accounts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after Democrats announced they will scale back a Biden administration proposal that would require banks to provide...
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 Calls on IRS to Clarify Individual Rebate Process
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), asking them to clarify the process for individual recovery rebates after guidance posted Monday...
Congressman Higgins Votes for Tax Reform 2.0, Making Individual Tax Cuts Permanent
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed three bills this week, collectively known as Tax Reform 2.0, which make tax cuts for individual filers and small businesses permanent,...
Higgins keeps focus on serving
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins is aware of the upcoming Nov. 6 election to retain his 3rd District seat, but he said he remains focused on "working and serving."Higgins, R-Port Barre, told the American...
The Real Impact of Tax Reform
"Mr. Speaker, over the course of the past 500 days, this Congress has worked with President Trump to pass historic tax cuts and regulatory reform. As a result, this is the strongest economy we have...
Higgins Praises $82M in GOMESA Revenue for Louisiana
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) praised U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's presentation of $188 million in GOMESA revenue-sharing funds to Gulf states, including $82 million to Louisiana. The...
American Press: Great News for LA Families
For Louisiana's Entergy customers, it's going to be a very nice summer.Entergy Louisiana has announced that it will be dropping its rates by 5 percent, starting in May. The first of the reductions...
Business seeing the effects of Trump’s tax cuts and job act
The corporate tax rate slashed from 35 percent to 21 percent, but are any of those tax savings businesses are getting being passed on to customers?Entergy Louisiana customers can expect an average...
Higgins Commends Entergy Louisiana’s Decision to Lower Rates as Result of Historic Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended Entergy Louisiana's announcement that they will return millions in tax savings to Louisiana customers after the Louisiana Public Service...