Clay Higgins

By what measure would you advise us to move forward with reason and seeking truth within the parameters of our constitutional authority?

Gentlemen, you all have struck me as an excellent cross-section of reflective of the very best of American intellect.

Investment in infrastructure is a realistic response to the impact of natural events.

The oil and gas industry has invested proactively.

We, as a government entity, at the local, State, and Federal level, have failed the American citizenry regarding the impact of disasters.

Congressman Higgins, I have been living in my home since 1968. I have seen this much water fall, but I have never seen this much water rise.

Over the past 60 years, the United States has seen a steady decline in hurricane landfalls.

We should not call for radical proposals that end fossil fuel. We should be working internationally to bring American industry, ingenuity and standards to other countries.

I support these private investments by industry and by other organizations. An all-of-the-above energy strategy should be our path.

American industry leads the planet in clean, efficient, and safe operation.

It is our responsibility to address these challenges within the parameters of our constitution, and based upon a sober interpretation of the science as it is available to us.

Let's have no illusion about the point of today's hearing. The majority has called this meeting for the sole purpose of condemning the oil and gas and petrochemical industry.

I will not criticize my colleague from New York for her enthusiasm and her creativity regarding the Green New Deal. I shall just suggest that it would be very bad legislation and it would impact Americans we are sworn to serve.

I feel great promise for this subcommittee that we can get things done. I hope we can just keep our eyes on the truth and drive forward despite any political or ideological barriers.

It is our responsibility to provide these men and women with the resources that they have told us they need to perform their missions.

I support the Trump administration's creation of the National Vetting Center to consolidate all U.S. Government screening and vetting operations under one roof.

Our Nation cannot afford to let one person fall through the cracks due to an information-sharing gap.

I am very concerned about the catch-and-release situation that is occurring at our Southwest Border right now and the National security risk associated with it.

I would like to remind all concerned Americans that our law enforcement professionals on the border are dealing in many cases with families that are self-separating before they get to our Southwest Border.

I believe that my colleagues and I are responsible for providing the needed funding for border security in all phases so that we can serve these children of God entering our country illegally.

I would remind America that there are approximately 750,000 to 800,000 American families separated because their parents have committed crimes.

As a Congress that refuses to fix these loopholes and secure our border, we are complicit in this problem.

I continue to support an all-of-the-above strategy to secure our borders, including enhanced physical barriers, 21st Century technology and additional manpower.

By failing to secure our border and fix legal loopholes, we are enriching the criminal cartels, making them more powerful in Central America and Mexico, and enabling them to exploit new victims.

Because my more liberal colleagues, many of whom I greatly respect and admire, continue to obstruct needed funding for enhanced border security, 84 percent of migrants are arriving between ports of entry and crossing illegally.