Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass a one-week extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which allows the Senate additional time to approve a longer extension this month....
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Higgins: Port of Morgan City Receives Additional $3M for Dredging
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after it announced an additional $3.025 million in funding for the Port of Morgan City. The funds will...
Higgins Announces Flood Mitigation Grant for Lafayette Parish
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Lafayette Consolidated Government will receive $1,250,000 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The hazard mitigation...
Water Infrastructure Bill Includes Higgins’ Pro-Louisiana Amendments
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass the House Amendment to S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) projects that improve...
Congressman Higgins Announces $9.9M for Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Migratory Bird Commission, chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, will award $9,928,536 in conservation funding to the Bayou...
Higgins Announces Flood Mitigation Grant for Calcasieu Parish
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury will receive $3,364,520 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The hazard mitigation...
Congressman Higgins Surveys Water Infrastructure in Southwest Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) recently joined officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for a joint aerial mission to observe the USACE's...
Higgins Pushes NFIP Reauthorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass a short-term reauthorization that extends the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through November 30, 2018. The current program...
Higgins Announces Increased Funding for Corps Projects
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) FY 2018 Work Plan will provide significant funding increases for waterway projects in Louisiana's 3rd...
Higgins Pushes Louisiana Priorities in Water Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass H.R. 8, the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (WRDA 2018), which authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) projects that...
Higgins Announces Corps Funding for Louisiana Projects
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) after announcing that it is releasing over $141 million in funds for projects in Louisiana's 3rd District, part of...
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...
Higgins, Senators Urge Funding for Freshwater Bayou Lock
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) recently authored a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA),...
Higgins Supports President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has studied President Trump's infrastructure plan and supports a careful legislative process to implement the plan with fiscal restraint. President Trump's drafted...
Higgins Urges Conference Committee to Include GOMESA Provision in Tax Cuts & Jobs Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined a group of Gulf Coast lawmakers on a letter urging House Leadership and members of the conference committee on tax reform to include the...
Congressman Higgins Applauds Disaster Declaration for Louisiana Parishes Affected by Hurricane Harvey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement in response to an announcement that FEMA has issued a major disaster declaration for parishes affected by Hurricane...
Higgins & Louisiana Delegation Request Expedited Decision on Disaster Declaration for Harvey
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and other members of the Louisiana delegation sent a letter to President Trump yesterday, urging the federal government to expedite its disaster declaration for...
Higgins Writes Letter to President Trump Asking for Expedited Decision on Disaster Assistance
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to President Trump asking for an expedited decision on disaster assistance for Calcasieu and Cameron parishes."Many citizens in my district who...
Higgins Issues Statement on Passage of Harvey Relief Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following response to passage of the Hurricane Harvey relief bill."Congress has acted quickly to provide emergency relief to fund...
Higgins Introduces Bill to Reauthorize, Reform the National Flood Insurance Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Mike Johnson (R-LA) are leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers to introduce comprehensive, bicameral legislation today that reauthorizes and reforms...