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Higgins Praises $82M in GOMESA Revenue for Louisiana
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) praised U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's presentation of $188 million in GOMESA revenue-sharing funds to Gulf states, including $82 million to Louisiana. The...
Higgins Sends Letter to Facebook Regarding Fake News Targeting Social Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent the following letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, expressing concerns over a recent Facebook post spreading false information about the...
LA-03: National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative
Find a location in your home parish below or search by zip code here: https://takebackday.dea.gov/.ACADIA PARISHCHURCH POINT: The Church Point Police Department and the Town of Church Point Warrants...
Higgins, Delegation Urge FERC to Approve Driftwood LNG Permits
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and other members of the Louisiana congressional delegation sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Kevin McIntyre, urging FERC to...
Congressman visits Lafayette food bank
Congressman Clay Higgins visited Lafayette to learn more about hunger affecting people in the district. He met with Second Harvest Food Bank staff and toured their facility.The organization provides...
American Press: Great News for LA Families
For Louisiana's Entergy customers, it's going to be a very nice summer.Entergy Louisiana has announced that it will be dropping its rates by 5 percent, starting in May. The first of the reductions...
Business seeing the effects of Trump’s tax cuts and job act
The corporate tax rate slashed from 35 percent to 21 percent, but are any of those tax savings businesses are getting being passed on to customers?Entergy Louisiana customers can expect an average...
Rates going down next month for Entergy customers; see why, how much to expect
Homes that buy their electricity from Entergy Louisiana will see their monthly bills drop nearly 5 percent starting with the May invoice coming out in the next two weeks.It's part of a write-off of...
Higgins Commends Entergy Louisiana’s Decision to Lower Rates as Result of Historic Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) commended Entergy Louisiana's announcement that they will return millions in tax savings to Louisiana customers after the Louisiana Public Service...
Higgins Votes Against Republican-Supported Science Amendment
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted against an amendment that would have added $471 million in non-space funding to H.R. 5503, the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)...
Op-Ed: Tax Reform Works
April 17, 2018, marks the last time that Americans will file their taxes under the old federal tax code. For the first time in more than 30 years, America will do business under a fairer, simpler...
Higgins Issues Statement on Strikes in Syria
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement regarding President Trump's announcement of airstrikes in Syria."I support President Trump's authority as...
Higgins Praises Farm Bill Wins for Louisiana Farmers
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) praised the 2018 Farm Bill, which was released yesterday by the House Agriculture Committee. Congressman Higgins worked with the committee to advance key policy wins...
Higgins Asks President Trump to Consider Tariff’s Impact on U.S. Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent the following letter to President Donald J. Trump asking him to consider the potential impact of Chinese tariffs on U.S. agricultural...
Spy Theft of U.S. University Research Sparks Call for Action
Lawmakers are calling for measures to combat foreign countries' alleged theft of American universities' research and scientific discoveries.More careful screenings of incoming foreign students could...
Higgins Cosponsors Balanced Budget Amendment
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that he is cosponsoring H.J. Res. 2, the "Balanced Budget Amendment," which proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting outlays that exceed total...
Rep. Clay Higgins: ‘Cultural change’ needed to improve school security
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins envisions a future with a new class of police officers working in the nation's schools.Higgins said these would be Tactical School Resource Officers, or TSROs. His idea is to...
Congressman Higgins Tours Mashburn, Inc.
Omega Protein launches largest vessel in Louisiana, F/V Vermilion
ABBEVILLE - (PRESS RELEASE) Omega Protein is pleased to announce the launch of its newest and largest fishing vessel operating in Louisiana, the F/V Vermilion, to start the 2018 Gulf of Mexico...