WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $6,105,699.91 in Public Assistance reimbursements for hurricane recovery efforts in South...
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Higgins: Ending Title 42 is a Grave Mistake
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, issued the following statement on the Biden administration's...
Higgins Announces Army Corps Funding for Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allocating an additional $115 million through the Infrastructure Law for construction on...
Higgins, Cammack, Republican Colleagues Introduce Small Scale LNG Access Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL), and 25 Republican colleagues recently introduced H.R. 7115, the Small Scale LNG Access Act, which would expedite...
Higgins Introduces Resolution Honoring Congressman Don Young
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) today led 127 House Republicans in introducing a resolution to honor the life and legacy of the late Congressman Don Young (R-AK), the Dean of the...
Higgins, Cassidy, Kennedy Urge FEMA to Waive Rent Payments for Temporary Housing Units
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) are urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive monthly rent...
Higgins Reintroduces Bill to Improve Long-Term Care for Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) recently reintroduced H.R. 7158, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act, which allows Veterans to apply their health benefits toward care at...
Higgins: Biden Administration Abusing Parole Authority at Southern Border
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, issued the following statement in response to media reports...
Higgins Announces Additional $1.7B in Long-Term Disaster Recovery Resources from HUD
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated an additional $450,136,000 in long-term recovery resources...
Higgins Commends Approval of Sabine Pass LNG Export License
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued two long-term orders authorizing additional liquefied natural gas...
Higgins Announces Additional $7.1M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $7,128,875.83 in Public Assistance reimbursements for hurricane recovery efforts in South...
Higgins, Louisiana Delegation Urge Biden to Expedite Long-Term Disaster Resources
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and members of the Louisiana congressional delegation delivered a letter today urging President Biden to address bureaucratic obstacles that have...
Higgins: House Bill Banning Russian Oil Needs to Be Stronger
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 6968, a bill to suspend energy imports from Russia."I fully support the import ban on...
Higgins Commends Greenberry Industrial’s Investment in Jeff Davis Parish
JENNINGS, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended Greenberry Industrial's announcement of a $500,000 investment to retrofit the former Gulf Island Shipyards facility near Jennings into a...
Higgins Will Vote Against $1.5T Omnibus Spending Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement ahead of votes on a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill, which failed to include long-term hurricane recovery...
Higgins Issues Statement on Russian Oil Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the announcement that President Biden will ban Russian oil imports to the United States."Every purchase of...
Higgins Again Pushes House, Senate Appropriators for Additional Hurricane Relief
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter today to House and Senate appropriators, again urging them to include additional disaster funding for South Louisiana ahead of...
Higgins Leads GOP Colleagues in Calling for End to Proxy Voting
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and 37 of his House Republican colleagues delivered a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling on her to immediately terminate all proxy voting...
Higgins Announces Additional $5.5M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $5,497,047.32 in Public Assistance reimbursements for hurricane recovery efforts in South...
Higgins: State of our Union is Imperiled by Biden’s Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address."The State of our Union is imperiled by the policies of...