WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has introduced H.R. 8146, the Imported Seafood Testing Act, which would increase inspections on imported seafood and levy strict penalties against...
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Higgins Announces Flood Mitigation Funds for Lafayette Parish
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $2,645,011 to Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) for flood mitigation efforts. The hazard mitigation...
Higgins Introduces Bill to Criminalize Obstruction of Emergency Services
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced today the Emergency Services Access Act, which makes blocking an ambulance from accessing a hospital or rendering emergency medical...
Higgins Announces $10M for University Corridor Project
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) will receive a $10 million BUILD grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the...
Higgins Announces $2M in Block Grant Funding for Lafayette, Lake Charles
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) will award over $2 million in Community Development Block Grants...
Higgins Requests Cost Share Adjustment for FEMA Public Assistance Funds
LAFAYETTE, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to President Trump requesting a cost share adjustment for FEMA Public Assistance funds to help Louisiana manage both recovery...
Higgins Calls for Emergency Election Plan in Response to Hurricane Laura
LAFAYETTE, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) recently sent a letter to Governor Edwards, calling for an emergency election plan that ensures voters in areas devastated by Hurricane Laura are able...
Higgins Clarifies Timeline of Operation Blue Roof, Explains Process to Have Tarps Provided and Installed
LAKE CHARLES, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today the commencement of Operation Blue Roof in areas impacted by Hurricane Laura. The program, which is run through the Army Corps of...
Higgins Announces $9.4M for Lafayette Regional Airport
LAFAYETTE, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Lafayette Regional Airport will receive $9,421,816 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP)...
Higgins Urges Governor to Waive Restrictions on Community Shelters
LAKE CHARLES, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to Governor Edwards urging him to waive restrictions and allow community and faith-based shelters to open in response to...
Higgins, Delegation Urge President Trump to Approve Louisiana Disaster Declaration
LAKE CHARLES, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and members of the Louisiana congressional delegation sent a letter to President Trump today, urging him to declare a major disaster in the wake of...
Higgins Issues Statement on Democrats’ Postal Service Bill
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted on H.R. 8015, a Democrat bill that blocks necessary reforms and equipment...
Higgins Issues Statement on Israel-UAE Peace Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement following President Trump's announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to normalize relations –...
Higgins Announces $800K for Economic Development in Louisiana’s 3rd District
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended the U.S. Economic Development Agency (EDA) after the announcement of $800,000 in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants for economic...
Congressman Higgins Commends USDA for Including Crawfish in CFAP Relief
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that crawfish will be covered under the Coronavirus Food...
Higgins Announces $300K for UL Lafayette, Economic Development
LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will receive $300,000 in funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)...
Higgins Announces $500K for Freshwater Bayou Canal Shoreline Protection Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Freshwater Bayou Canal Shoreline Protection Project will receive $508,037 in funding from the Department of Treasury's...
Higgins Commends Passage of Water Resources Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the House unanimously passed H.R. 7575, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, which authorizes...
Higgins’ Amendment for Calcasieu Channel Included in Water Resources Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins' (R-LA) amendment expediting access to viable dredge fill sites for the Calcasieu River & Pass project was added to the 2020 Water Resources...
Higgins Names Sam Houston High Student as Winner of 2020 Congressional Art Competition
Click Here for the Full ImageWASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Adisyn Estes, a rising junior from Sam Houston High School in Moss Bluff, is the winner of the...