Press Releases
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.
LAKE CHARLES, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) met today with members of the Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration & Protection Authority and Louisiana's Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) to discuss funding efforts for the Southwest Coastal Louisiana project, a hurricane and storm surge mitigation endeavor encompassing Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion parishes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) along with his Republican Study Committee (RSC) colleagues introduced the Save Democracy Act, which reforms and secures our federal election system. The bill focuses on the three key areas below.
Voter Registration:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to President Biden objecting to the administration's regulatory freeze on the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR): Definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after President Biden enacted a 60-day moratorium on new oil and gas leasing, drilling permits, and lease extensions on federal lands and waters.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA will award $50,782,500 to the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury for debris removal operations in response to Hurricane Laura.
Congressman Higgins issued the following statement: