As members of Congress representing districts where farming and ranching keep our rural communities alive, we know the challenges producers endure to provide for our country. However, inflation,...
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Op-Ed: Biden’s Anti-American energy policies have hurt America
America was founded on the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our founding fathers enshrined the core values of freedom, limited government, and individual...
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: Democrats’ Push to Defund Police Caused Crime to Spike
In 2020, Democrats fully embraced the radical “defund the police” movement. I and many of my Republican colleagues warned against the enactment of these extreme policies. As predicted, the results...
HIGGINS ANNOUNCES FLOOD MITIGATION GRANTS FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced that FEMA will award two grants totaling $6,219,955 for flood mitigation efforts in Lafayette Parish.The hazard mitigation grants...
HIGGINS DELIVERS LETTER TO BIDEN, URGING ADDITIONAL RECOVERY RESOURCES AFTER FLOODS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Biden, again urging him to issue a supplemental disaster request following yesterday's torrential...
Rep. Clay Higgins announces USDA to purchase $25 million in gulf shrimp
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase up to $25 million of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Wild-Caught Shrimp to address food...
Higgins, Kennedy, Cassidy, and others make formal request for congressional hearings on Seacor disaster
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KLFY) – Answers to questions about what happened before and after the deadly Seacor Power lift boat accident may soon come through congressional hearings.Louisiana's congressional...
Kennedy, Higgins introduce bill to make companies update families in wake of Seacor tragedy
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Vessel Response Plan Improvement Act in the wake of the Seacor Power tragedy, in which a commercial lift boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico with 19...
Rep. Clay Higgins introduces Finish the Wall Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), a ranking member of the U.S. House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, announced Thursday that he is introducing the Finish the Wall Act,...
Higgins urges Edwards to use federal funding for infrastructure backlog
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins is urging Governor John Bel Edwards to use federal funding from the recent COVID-19 stimulus package on infrastructure needs in the state.Higgins sent a letter on...
SW La. will get $22.17M for hurricane recovery
FEMA will award $22.17 million to several Southwest Louisiana parishes for Hurricane Laura recovery and flood mitigation, officials announced Wednesday.The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury will receive...
Biden Cancels 80 Million Acre Oil Lease Sale, Putting Louisiana Oil and Gas Industry in Danger
The devastating fallout of the Biden administration's job-killing rampage continues after he canceled the sale of 80 million acres of Gulf of Mexico oil leases that was scheduled for Wednesday in...
GOP Rep. Higgins: Border Crisis an ‘Unmitigated Disaster,’ ‘Danger to Our Republic’
During a Tuesday interview on FNC's "Fox & Friends First," Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) discussed his trip with Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) to the United States-Mexico border.Higgins outlined how...
Rep. Higgins: Border situation is a ‘unmitigated disaster’
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Louisiana’s congressional delegation blames Biden for surge of children at border
Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and other members of the all-GOP Louisiana congressional delegation are blaming President Biden for a surge of unaccompanied migrant children at America's southern...
‘Biden Border Crisis’: Republicans Knock New Policies at Southern Border
President Joe Biden's immigration policies have led to the surge in migrants traveling to the United States and illegally crossing the border, members of Congress charged on Monday.Standing in El...
Congress Throws Support Behind Issuance of Iraq Tender
This week, 25 Members of Congress, many from rice-producing states and districts, signed on to letters encouraging the U.S. and Iraqi governments to work together towards the issuance of a tender...
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...