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Clay Higgins

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Clay Higgins is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Higgins has focused on issues such as law enforcement, public safety, and veterans' affairs during his time in office. He is known for his strong stance on combating violent political rhetoric and has called for stricter regulations on social media platforms regarding hate speech and threats of violence.

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October 14, 2026

It’s a time of transition.

— Clay Higgins

Jul 4, 2026

The 17th Amendment is arguably the most injurious amendment in history. Big money has twisted our Senate races into circus acts.

dailycaller.com
May 29, 2026

This Frankenstein looking thing was NO DOUBT drawn up by a very small handful of guys in a secret room.

dailycaller.com
May 29, 2026

This map is the worst I’ve seen yet, and I’ve seen many.

rollcall.com
Sep 17, 2025

I urge strong support of H.R. 5143. It restores legitimate discretion to the police officers who actually work the streets of D.C.

govinfo.gov
Sep 12, 2025

I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

motherjones.com
Sep 12, 2025

I’m going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

motherjones.com
Sep 11, 2025

I'm basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk's assassination.

reason.com
Sep 11, 2025

I'm going to lean forward in this fight, demanding that big tech have zero tolerance for violent political hate content, the user to be banned from ALL PLATFORMS FOREVER.

reason.com
Sep 11, 2025

I'm going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

reason.com
Sep 11, 2025

I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

newrepublic.com
Sep 11, 2025

So, I’m going to lean forward in this fight, demanding that big tech have zero tolerance for violent political hate content, the user to be banned from ALL PLATFORMS FOREVER.

newrepublic.com
Feb 11, 2025

The bottom line is it appears many of my colleagues have backed up from the promises that we made to restore fiscal responsibility to our country, and some of us are not gonna back up from that promise.

newsweek.com
Feb 10, 2025

The House Freedom Caucus has hammered out this strategy over the course of months.

newsweek.com
Feb 5, 2025

I mean, we won. We tabled that motion.

alternet.org
Dec 9, 2024

I am looking forward to working with your office personally. Let us just resolve that issue.

congress.gov
Dec 3, 2024

It is my district that has been most severely injured by this pause which has in itself injured the planet.

congress.gov
Nov 12, 2024

This bill would increase government efficiency and save taxpayer dollars by eliminating unnecessary reports. Mr. Speaker, I thank Representatives Garcia and Grothman for their leadership on this issue and for the House Budget Committee's…

govinfo.gov
Sep 9, 2024

This kind of thing requires accountability, ladies and gentlemen.

congress.gov
Sep 9, 2024

The American people are feeling discarded. They are feeling like their struggles get lip service.

congress.gov
Jul 9, 2024

But to have it--have an agenda-driven Green New Deal, anti-American, anti-American-energy, anti-American-petrochemical agenda shoved down our throat by an Administration that claims it is doing so on behalf of protecting the world's…

congress.gov
Jul 9, 2024

The American energy industry and the American petrochemical industry is, with no debate, the cleanest producer of affordable energy product and affordable petrochemical product in the world.

congress.gov
Jul 9, 2024

Too late. It has already happened.

congress.gov
Jun 26, 2024

We do not oppose unions. We support freedom. We oppose oppression of rights and individual liberties.

congress.gov

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