WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) calling for the full and immediate release...
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Higgins Votes Against Democrats’ Impeachment Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting against H. Res. 660, Democrats' bill codifying their one-sided, secretive impeachment...
Interior Disburses $101.3 Million in FY 2019 Energy Revenues to Louisiana
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today that Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) disbursed $101.3 million in Fiscal Year 2019 energy...
Higgins Introduces Bill to Improve DHS’ Opioid Detection Capabilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Homeland Security Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced HR. 4761, the DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act...
Higgins, Finkenauer Introduce Bipartisan Fixing America’s Bridges Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer (D-IA) recently introduced the bipartisan Fixing America's Bridges Act, which reestablishes a federal funding...
Higgins Announces $350k for Acadia, St. Martin Fire Departments
LAFAYETTE, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Acadia Parish Fire District 7 and St. Martin Parish will receive more than $350,000 in federal funding from FEMA's Assistance to...
Higgins, Chao Announce $202,000 for Chennault International
LAKE CHARLES, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced today that Chennault International Airport will receive $202,000 in funding from the...
Higgins Issues Statement on Ukraine Transcript
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement today after the White House released a declassified, unredacted transcript of President Trump's phone call with the...
Higgins Issues Statement on House Democrats’ Impeachment Inquiry
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after Speaker Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump this afternoon."Democrats and their...
U.S. Department of Commerce, Higgins Announce $4.2M for West Calcasieu Port
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced that the West Calcasieu Port in Sulphur, LA will receive a $4.2 million grant from the...
Higgins Votes NO on 3 Democrat Bills Designed to Cripple American Oil & Gas Production
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted against H.R. 205, H.R. 1941, and H.R. 1146, three bills that would ban oil and gas leasing, development, and production in the Atlantic and...
Higgins Urges Governor Edwards to Address Incomplete Milestones on I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today urging Governor John Bel Edwards to address remaining state-level barriers before a new I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge project can...
U.S. Department of Commerce Invests to Improve Infrastructure at the Lafayette Regional Airport
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Lafayette Airport...
Higgins Tours M&M International in Broussard
BROUSSARD, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) recently joined the Petroleum Equipment and Services Association (PESA) and association member M&M International for a tour of the company's...
Higgins, LA Delegation denounce coercive efforts to stall oil and gas production
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined Congressman Ralph Abraham, M.D. (R-LA) and other members of the Louisiana Delegation to introduce a resolution that supports American energy...
Higgins Announces $5.4M for Lafayette Regional Airport
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Lafayette Regional Airport will receive $5,459,121.00 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of the Federal Aviation...
Higgins Urges Speaker Pelosi to Condemn Anti-Israel BDS Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to stand with Israel and publicly condemn legislation that supports the Boycott, Divest, and...
Higgins Urges Governor Edwards to Prioritize I-10 Bridge and Southwest Louisiana Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter urging Governor John Bel Edwards and LADOTD to prioritize replacement of the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge so that Southwest...
Higgins Joins Bipartisan Colleagues to Introduce NFIP Reauthorization and Reform Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) to announce the National Flood Insurance Program...
Higgins Announces $2.4M for Ile des Cannes Flood Control Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Ile des Cannes flood control project in Scott, La. will receive $2,400,000 in funding from the Federal Emergency...