Press Releases
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has been named Vice Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Oversight. He will serve alongside Congressman Ralph Abraham, M.D., (R-LA) who has been named Chairman of the Subcommittee.
Congressman Higgins issued the following statement after the Senate failed to pass a long-term reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and continued funding for the federal government.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to continue funding the federal government, maintain critical military operations and provide a long-term reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that covers nearly 9 million children across the country and over 161,000 in Louisiana.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to continue funding the federal government, maintain critical military operations and provide a long-term reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), a cosponsor of H.R. 4712 the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, issued the following statement on the bill’s passage today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Lafayette General Health Systems will receive a $311,356 grant to fund the expansion of telehealth services in Acadiana.
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that he is cosponsoring H.R. 4760, the Securing America’s Future Act, which significantly bolsters enforcement of existing immigration law, mandates a very strict legislative solution to force accountability of illegal immigrants subject to the DACA program, and greatly enhances border security.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Congressman Higgins’ fifth piece of legislation, H.R. 4564 the Post-Caliphate Threat Assessment Act of 2017, which enhances the information-sharing environment regarding foreign terrorist activity.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s announcement of the 5-year Draft Proposed Program (DPP) for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing.