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Higgins Votes to Streamline Permitting for Energy, Economic Development Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development...
Higgins Votes to Lower Health Care Costs for Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued a statement after voting to pass H.R. 6703, the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. The Lower Health Care Premiums...
Higgins Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winner
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced Rubi Johnson, a student at Elton High School, as the overall winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Louisiana’s 3rd District....
Higgins Secures Louisiana Wins in National Defense Authorization Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the passage of S. 1071, the National Defense Authorization Act...
Higgins’ Legislation to End $1.3 Billion in Improper Government Payments Passes Committee
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Clay Higgins' (R-LA) legislation, H.R. 2716, the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, passed through the House Ways and Means Committee during a markup...
Higgins Requests Additional Details on Big Tech’s Response to Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a second letter to social media executives following online posts celebrating the...
Higgins, Governor Landry, USDA Secretary Rollins and Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain Hold Roundtable Discussion with Louisiana Farmers
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...
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...