Washington, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), is headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law following passage in...
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Higgins Continues to Urge Senate to Pass the Social Security Fairness Act
“We must not allow the Senate to fail through inaction. We must pass H.R. 82, or it’s dead. We cannot fail the American people.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered an open...
Higgins Votes for National Defense Authorization Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the passage of the Servicemember Quality of Life...
Higgins Releases Final J13 Investigative Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), a member of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump, released an addendum to the Task Force’s final report, discussing...
Higgins Votes for Water Resources Bill, Includes Wins for South Louisiana
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted for House passage of S. 4367, the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)...
Higgins Urges Senate to Hold Vote on the Social Security Fairness Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement today, urging the U.S. Senate to hold a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act. “62 Senators, including...
Higgins Commends Passage of Legislation Expanding the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended House passage of H.R. 6843, legislation adding Lafourche Parish in the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. The bill was...
Higgins Announces Winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced that Rudra Karadkhelkar, a student at Lafayette High School, and Terrell Lazar, a student at David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy, as the...
Higgins Introduces Legislation Improving Cybersecurity Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral H.R. 10123, the Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act, which would protect our national security...
Higgins Calls on Louisiana State Legislature to Work Together on Fiscal Reform
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued a public letter today, urging members of the Louisiana State Legislature to work together to reduce government spending and embrace...
Higgins’ Bipartisan Legislation Improving Government Efficiency Passes House
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins’ (R-LA) bipartisan legislation, the Federal Register Modernization Act, eliminates the requirement to print thousands of copies of the Federal Register...
THE SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACT HAS PASSED THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the unjust federal laws referred to as the Windfall Elimination...
Higgins, Comer, Nehls Demand Compliance with Law to Protect U.S. Shrimp Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) are putting pressure on the U.S. Government...
Congressman Higgins Working to Make America Affordable Again
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a video today outlining conservative policy solutions to help address the affordability crisis impacting American families. ...
Higgins Calls for Redirecting Ukraine War Funding to Disaster Relief for Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced legislation that would redirect unobligated dollars from the Economic Support Fund, a part of the April 2024 Ukraine supplemental...
Higgins Demands Answers on Chinese Illegal Infected with Tuberculosis at Louisiana ICE Facility
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
Higgins Implores Biden to Execute Massive Military Airlift in Helene-Impacted Communities
“We need Soldiers and Marines on the ground, guiding in thousands of parachute-drop pallets of supplies. Harris-Biden had our DOD build a damn sea-dock in the Mediterranean Sea to deliver supplies...
Chairman Higgins and Chairman Green Subpoena Documents on Missing Children of the Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Chairman of the Border Security Subcommittee, joined House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green to issue a subpoena to Xavier Becerra,...
Higgins’ Legislation to Combat Fentanyl Trafficking Passes Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins’ (R-LA) announced today that his legislation to combat fentanyl trafficking, the Contraband Awareness Technology Catches Harmful (CATCH) Fentanyl Act,...
Higgins, Suozzi’s Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Transnational Criminal Organizations Passes Congress, Will Be Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY) announced passage of their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to protect America’s borders and combat...