LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Luke Schwarz, a student at Episcopal School of Acadiana, is the overall winner of the 2021 Congressional App Challenge for...
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Higgins Announces Additional $63.5M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $63,497,587.77 for hurricane recovery efforts in South Louisiana. The reimbursements...
Higgins Announces Additional $3.5M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $3,554,489.88 for hurricane recovery efforts in South Louisiana. The reimbursements...
Higgins Offers Pro-American Energy Amendments to Democrat Climate Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) proposed a series of pro-American energy amendments during a House Oversight Committee markup on H.R. 5477, a bill that expands federal bureaucracy...
Higgins Commends $10B Investment for New LNG Facility in Cameron Parish
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended Venture Global LNG's announcement to invest more than $10 billion in a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, CP2 LNG, in Cameron...
Higgins Votes Against Spending Bill That Funds Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against a short-term spending bill that provides funding for Biden's federal vaccine mandate."We have...
Higgins Announces Additional $27.5M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $27,517,485.03 for hurricane recovery efforts in South Louisiana. The reimbursements...
Higgins Delivers Letters of Support for Lake Charles’ Recovery Grant Applications
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered several letters of support this week for the City of Lake Charles' grant applications for federal recovery and mitigation resources. The...
Higgins, Oversight Republicans: Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Threatens Americans’ Food Supply
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY), and Oversight Republicans called on U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Higgins Votes Against Democrats’ $4T Socialist Spending Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released the following statement after voting against Democrats' socialist spending bill, which a Penn Wharton Budget Model shows will cost nearly...
Higgins Cosponsors Resolution Striking Down Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) and more than 160 House Republican colleagues to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution...
Higgins Announces Additional $5.3M for Hurricane Recovery, Housing Needs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award a $5,355,592 Declared Disaster Recovery Fund grant to the...
Higgins Votes Against $1.2T Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released the following statement after voting against the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and the rule on Democrats' reconciliation bill, which a...
Higgins Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Reform the NFIP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) to introduce the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
Higgins Announces Additional $5.3M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $5,301,281.57 to Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corp. (SLEMCO) for restoration of the electrical...
Higgins Announces $595M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award $594,931,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding...
Higgins Delivers Letter to Biden, Urging Additional Relief for Communities Effected by Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Biden, in support of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edward's letter requesting additional financial...
Op-Ed: Biden’s vaccine mandate stifles economic recovery
Prior to the arrival of COVID-19 in early 2020, the American economy was rolling. We had historic growth, record low unemployment, and greater opportunity for all Americans.We endeavor to return to...
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, GOP Colleagues Call on Biden Reverse Anti-American Energy Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined over 140 House Republicans calling on President Biden to reverse his anti-American policies that have injured domestic energy production and...