LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today urging Governor Edwards to utilize federal funding from the latest COVID-19 package to address Louisiana's infrastructure backlog....
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Higgins Announces Funding for Chennault International Airport
LAKE CHARLES, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Chennault International Airport will receive over $3.438 million from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport...
Higgins Announces Funding for Airports in LA-03
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that six 3rd District airports will receive over $3.4 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal...
Higgins Announces Over $22M for Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Recovery Efforts in LA-03
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $22.17 million for flood mitigation and Hurricane Laura recovery efforts in Calcasieu, Jeff Davis, and...
Higgins Introduces Second Amendment Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has introduced H.R. 1691, the Second Amendment Protection Act, which affirms the right to bear arms and strengthens protections for law-abiding gun...
Louisiana Delegation Introduces Bill to Reauthorize Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Members of the Louisiana congressional delegation introduced today a bill to reauthorize the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area (NHA) for 15 years. Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA)...
Higgins Calls on Biden Administration to Address Border Crisis, Work with Republicans
EL PASO, TX – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, joined Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Lead Republican on the...
Higgins Calls on Congress to Address Broken Budget Process Before Considering Return of Earmarks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to House and Senate Leadership calling for meaningful fiscal reforms before ANY consideration of a potential return of earmarks. The...
Higgins Votes Against Anti-Second Amendment Bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446, which impose new restrictions on firearm purchases and infringe upon the...
Higgins Discusses Border Crisis with Fox News, Will Travel to Border Next Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, spoke with Fox & Friends First this morning to discuss the...
Higgins Announces Flood Mitigation Funds for Iberia Parish
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $2,144,867.45 for flood mitigation efforts in Iberia Parish. The hazard mitigation grant will be used to...
Higgins, Crawford Lead Call for U.S.-Iraq Rice Tender
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) led a bipartisan letter to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller, urging him to work with Iraq's Minister of...
Higgins Votes Against $1.9T Budget Reconciliation Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against the Senate amendment to Democrats' $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package."Democrats are...
Higgins Calls on Governor Edwards to Fully Reopen Louisiana
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to Governor John Bel Edwards urging him to fully reopen Louisiana's economy and cease all state-level COVID-19 mandates.The...
Higgins Votes Against Democrats’ Partisan Policing Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1280, Democrats' misguided police reform bill."Democrats' anti-police bill would legislate...
Higgins Commends Edwards’ Letter to Biden, Calls for State-Level Reforms in Support of Oil and Gas Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to Governor John Bel Edwards commending him for pushing back against the Biden administration's job-killing energy policies and...
Higgins Introduces Disaster Recovery Amendments to Budget Reconciliation Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is introducing two disaster recovery amendments to House Democrats' $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package. The amendments would support...
Higgins Announces Over $33M for Debris Removal, Utility Repairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $14,168,295 to the City of Sulphur for debris removal operations and $19,211,022 to Jefferson Davis Electric...
Higgins Will Vote Against $1.9T Budget Reconciliation Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced that he will vote against Democrats' $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package. Less than 9% of the $1.9 trillion will be used for...
Higgins Announces Flood Mitigation Funds for Erath
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $2,232,261 for flood mitigation efforts in Erath. The hazard mitigation grant will be used to finance the...