Press Releases
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 elevation of 13 flood-prone and severe repetitive loss properties.
Congressman Higgins issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has introduced H. Res. 149, a resolution challenging the Biden administration to operate the White House without using any oil and gas energy or petroleum-based products.
The resolution highlights the importance of the oil and gas industry to modern life, noting that:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that President Biden has approved a 90/10 cost-share adjustment for FEMA Public Assistance programs in response to Hurricane Laura.
The federal share of recovery costs will increase from 75% to 90%. This is in addition to the 30-day, 100% federal cost-share adjustment that was issued under President Trump.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after President Biden and Congressional Democrats released a legislative proposal that would provide over 11 million illegal immigrants with amnesty and a pathway to citizenship.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced three amendments today that would prevent COVID relief funds from being used to support the implementation of the Paris Climate Accords, bans on oil and gas exploration, or government entities that have cut law enforcement funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to President Biden this week urging him to rescind Executive Orders (EO) 13990 and 14008, which would have harmful effects on oil and gas production.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) called out Democrats for pushing a massive $1.9 trillion stimulus package while more than $1 trillion of previously appropriated COVID relief funds remain unspent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s executive order, which seeks to overturn the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) or “Remain in Mexico” policy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) is cosponsoring three pieces of legislation that would protect Louisiana energy jobs, block President Biden’s ability to ban new energy leases on federal lands and waters, and authorize the Keystone XL pipeline. The bills are H.R. 522, the Conservation Funding Protection Act; H.R.