Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to quickly address issues plaguing implementation of the Forever GI Bill.On Wednesday, NBC News reported that VA...
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Higgins Votes for One-Week NFIP Extension
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass a one-week extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which allows the Senate additional time to approve a longer extension this month....
Higgins: Port of Morgan City Receives Additional $3M for Dredging
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after it announced an additional $3.025 million in funding for the Port of Morgan City. The funds will...
Congressman Higgins Announces Telehealth Grants for South Louisiana
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced two grants today from USDA Rural Development that will fund the expansion of telehealth services in South Louisiana. The first grant, totaling $272,900,...
Higgins Commends President Trump’s Proposal to Cut the Federal Budget
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-La.) issued the following statement this week after President Trump proposed an across-the-board spending cut of 5% to all federal agencies. "The alphabet agencies of the...
Congressman Higgins Cosponsors Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that he is cosponsoring House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act, which would fully fund President Trump's border...
Higgins Issues Statement on New Trade Deal with Canada, Mexico
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after President Trump announced the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a new trade deal that will...
Congressman Higgins Votes for Tax Reform 2.0, Making Individual Tax Cuts Permanent
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed three bills this week, collectively known as Tax Reform 2.0, which make tax cuts for individual filers and small businesses permanent,...
Higgins Announces Flood Mitigation Grant for Lafayette Parish
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Lafayette Consolidated Government will receive $1,250,000 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The hazard mitigation...
Higgins, Cassidy, Kennedy Introduce Legislation to Rename Lake Charles VA Clinic After Medal of Honor Recipient Douglas Fournet
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Kennedy (R-LA), and U.S. Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced legislation to rename the Lake Charles Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC)...
Higgins Commends FERC for Issuing EIS on Driftwood LNG Project
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Driftwood LNG...
Water Infrastructure Bill Includes Higgins’ Pro-Louisiana Amendments
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass the House Amendment to S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) projects that improve...
Higgins Introduces Legislation to Drug Test Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced H. Con. Res. 135, the Exposing Congressional Drug Abuse Act, which enacts random drug screenings for members of the U.S. House of...
Congressman Higgins Announces $9.9M for Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Migratory Bird Commission, chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, will award $9,928,536 in conservation funding to the Bayou...
Higgins Introduces Legislation to Cut Wasteful Government Printing
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced H.R. 6708, the Preventing Additional Printing of Electronic Records (PAPER) Act, which eliminates the mandatory, daily printing and hand-delivery of the...
Congressman Higgins Votes to Expand LNG Exports
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted in support of H.R. 4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. The legislation allows for...
Higgins Announces Flood Mitigation Grant for Calcasieu Parish
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury will receive $3,364,520 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The hazard mitigation...
Sandbag Locations for Tropical Storm Gordon
ACADIA PARISH The Acadia Parish Police Jury will begin offering sandbags to residents in the parish beginning today.All parish barns will be open for sandbagging today from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm....
Congressman Higgins Surveys Water Infrastructure in Southwest Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) recently joined officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for a joint aerial mission to observe the USACE's...
Higgins Pushes NFIP Reauthorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass a short-term reauthorization that extends the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through November 30, 2018. The current program...