Members of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, led by Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) and Ranking Member Tim Walz (D-MN), introduced a bipartisan bill to streamline VA's community care accounts...
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Congressman Higgins Votes to Extend CHIP, Community Health Centers
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3922, the Championing Healthy Kids Act, which extends funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for five years. The bill also...
Congressman Higgins Supports HHS Decision To Maintain Home Health Funding
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday that it would not finalize a rule that would have jeopardized delivery of home health services nationwide.Congressman Clay...
What Does Tax Reform Mean for You and Your Family?
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a bold, pro-growth bill that will overhaul our nation's tax code for the first time since President Reagan's historic tax reform 31 years ago. With this bill, a typical...
Congressman Higgins Applauds Introduction of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act
The House Ways & Means Committee released the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act today, which implements major reforms to the U.S. tax code. The plan lowers rates on the middle-class, consolidates...
Congressman Higgins Calls Out Kaspersky
Congressman Higgins Votes for Budget that Paves Way for Tax Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for the United...
Higgins Discusses VA Reforms with Secretary Shulkin
Higgins Applauds Announcement of Largest Oil & Gas Lease Sale in U.S. History
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's announcement of the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United...
Congressman Higgins Applauds Disaster Declaration for Louisiana Parishes Affected by Hurricane Harvey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement in response to an announcement that FEMA has issued a major disaster declaration for parishes affected by Hurricane...
Congressman Clay Higgins presents award to Civil Air Patrol cadet
Congressman Clay Higgins (LA-03) is shown here presenting Civil Air Patrol's prestigious Amelia Earhart Award to Cadet Captain Evan Norman. Photo by Lt Col Rick Lauterbach, CAPLafayette, La. –...
Congressman Higgins Questions Defense Experts about North Korean Threats
Congressman Higgins Urges Disaster Declaration for Louisiana
Higgins & Louisiana Delegation Request Expedited Decision on Disaster Declaration for Harvey
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and other members of the Louisiana delegation sent a letter to President Trump yesterday, urging the federal government to expedite its disaster declaration for...
House Approves SBIR/STTR Improvements Act, Higgins Amendment to Prioritize Cybersecurity
WASHINGTON – The U.S House of Representatives today unanimously approved the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017 (H.R. 2763), sponsored...
Higgins Issues Statement on Clean Power Plan Repeal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement today after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the formal repeal of the...
Congressman Higgins Pays Tribute to Corporal Middlebrook
Border Security for America Act Clears Homeland Security Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted in favor of H.R. 3548, the Border Security for America Act, which strengthens tactical border infrastructure and authorizes more boots on the...
Congressman Higgins Votes to Protect Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), a cosponsor of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, issued the following statement on the bill's passage."The Pain-Capable Act creates...