LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter to mayors, parish presidents, and police juries across Louisiana's 3rd District informing of federal grant opportunities that are...
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Higgins Urges Biden to Approve Louisiana’s Request for Major Disaster Declaration
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter today to President Joe Biden, urging the approval of Louisiana's request for a major disaster declaration in response to recent...
Higgins Announces $50M for Vermilion River Dredging
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 22 Civil Works Budget includes $50 million for spot dredging of the Vermilion River. The...
Higgins Announces Additional $3.4M in Recovery Funding for Calcasieu Parish
LAKE CHARLES, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $3,472,704.27 to the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury for Hurricane Laura recovery efforts. The grant will cover...
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 Urges Louisiana Citizens to Report Flood, Weather-Related Damages
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a public service announcement today asking Louisiana citizens to report flood and other weather-related losses at DAMAGE.LA.GOV. This will...
Higgins Pushes for Additional Recovery Resources on House Floor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a speech today on the House floor calling for additional long-term hurricane recovery resources and urging the Biden administration to...
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 today, again urging him to issue a supplemental disaster request following yesterday's torrential...
Higgins Announces Additional $22.5M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts in LA-03
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award over $22.5 million for Hurricane Laura recovery efforts in Lafayette, Jeff Davis, and Vermilion parishes. The...
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...
Higgins Announces USDA Purchase of Gulf Shrimp
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase up to $25 million of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Wild-Caught...
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...
Higgins Announces Funding for Sulphur, Eunice Airports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Eunice Airport and Southland Field in Sulphur, LA will receive over $1.6 million from the Federal Aviation Administration...
Higgins, Louisiana Delegation Call for Congressional Hearings on SEACOR Power Tragedy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) led a Louisiana Delegation letter today urging House and Senate leadership to hold oversight hearings examining the response to the SEACOR Power...
Higgins Receives “Taxpayers’ Friend Award” from the National Taxpayers Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) was recognized by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) for having one of the strongest voting records for supporting limited government, economic...
Higgins Announces Iota High School Student as Winner of 2021 Congressional Art Competition
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Miya Fontenot, a rising senior at Iota High School in Acadia Parish, is the winner of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition...
Op-Ed: Southwest Louisiana Has Many Questions for Biden
President Biden will soon arrive in Southwest Louisiana to pitch his latest $2+ trillion spending proposal. While it's nice that the President is visiting our state, his first 100 days have left...
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...
Higgins, Kennedy Introduce Legislation Improving Vessel Response Plans After a Maritime Disaster
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) have introduced the Vessel Response Plan Improvement Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to...