BATON ROUGE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Governor Jeff Landry (R-LA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins and Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain...
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Radioactive Shrimp Should Not Be on the Menu
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter to President Trump requesting a pause on foreign shrimp imports due to reports of toxic, radioactive product entering the United...
Higgins Supports Announcement of Final Export Authorization for Venture Global’s CP2 LNG
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins released a statement in support of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) final approval of an export authorization for the Venture Global CP2 LNG Project...
Higgins, Pallone Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reform National Flood Insurance Program
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) re-introduced H.R. 5484, the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (NFIP-RE), a...
Higgins Supports New LANG Readiness Center in Lafayette
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued a statement in support of the new Louisiana National Guard (LANG) readiness center in Lafayette, LA. As a member of the House Armed...
Congressman Higgins, Sheriff Romero Work Together with USMS and BOP to Resolve a Difficult Circumstance
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) worked with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) to expedite the transfer of a federal inmate out of the Iberia Parish...
Higgins Supports Trump’s Icebreaker Vessel Announcement for Bollinger Shipyards
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a statement of support after President Trump announced a multibillion-dollar shipbuilding partnership, which includes construction...
Higgins Tours Lafayette Flood Mitigation Projects, Highlights Army Corps’ Obstruction
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a video highlighting obstruction from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is preventing completion of important flood...
Higgins, Landry Recommend New Orleans as USDA Regional Hub
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R-LA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins highlighting the lack of...
Higgins Introduces Legislation Protecting Federal Agencies from Blue State Laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced H.R. 5581, the Uniform Standards Protection Act, which would block states and localities from imposing uniform and gear...
Higgins Exposes EPA Weaponization in Oversight Subcommittee Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) chaired an Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement hearing to expose the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) weaponization and overly...
Higgins’ Legislation Empowering DC Law Enforcement Passes Through House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that H.R. 5143, the District of Columbia Policing Protection Act, passed through the U.S. House of...
Higgins Calls Upon Social Media CEOs to Condemn the Celebration of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter to social media leaders demanding the immediate removal of posts and accounts that celebrated the...
Higgins Initiates Congressional Investigation into COE Failure to Comply with Federal Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) offered and passed an amendment to H.R. 4553, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026, which further...
Higgins Will Lead in “Full Scale” Oversight Committee Epstein Investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced his full support for Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, which has...
Higgins Leads Freedom Caucus Letter Urging House Leadership Not to Rush CISA Reauthorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and members of the House Freedom Caucus delivered a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson recommending that Leadership avoid rushing into reauthorization...
Higgins Withdraws from Homeland Security Committee
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) published a letter today, announcing his withdrawal from the House Homeland Security Committee. “Over the course of my nine years in Congress, I have...
Higgins, Fields Introduce Bill Supporting Wild-Caught Crawfishermen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Cleo Fields (D-LA) introduced H.R. 4800, the Fisheries Modernization Act, which would expand fishery disaster relief programs to...
Higgins, Ezell Introduce Legislation to Support Dredging Workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) introduced today the “Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act,” which would expand opportunities...
Higgins’ Legislation to End DC’s Sanctuary City Status Passes the House
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins’ (R-LA) legislation H.R. 2056, the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act, passed the House today. This legislation removes Washington...