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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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Sep 13, 2023

I think I am strongly against that.

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Sep 13, 2023

Passports, it is insane. We have had 9 million illegal crossings, the floodgates opened on the southern border.

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Sep 13, 2023

The backlog. Well, it is going to take 18 months to process. It is going to take 6 months to process this.

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Sep 13, 2023

The provisions in the IRA could lower energy bills for Pennsylvanian families by more than $341 per year.

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Sep 13, 2023

That will help recoup lost revenues right now to close the tax gap and will reduce the deficit.

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Sep 12, 2023

I hope that we can continue to have a humane, appropriate, lawful asylum system.

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Sep 12, 2023

I hope all of us as Americans, can begin to address that issue, because nobody, especially the refugees, are not doing well from this challenge.

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Sep 12, 2023

The vast large percentage of these sponsors--these kids are getting sucked into sex trafficking, primarily, human slavery.

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Sep 12, 2023

I am telling the Executive right now, you are watching this, we are not going to allow you to crucify the inspector general that is revealing the horrors of your policy--85,000 lost children.

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Sep 12, 2023

DHS, under Secretary Mayorkas is responsible for that.

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Sep 12, 2023

Our Southern Border--I have walked every foot of it--is 100 percent controlled by cartels on the Mexican side of that border.

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Jul 18, 2023

And I think I clarified for America why we were interested in Hunter Biden because he sold access to his father, the big guy.

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Jul 18, 2023

Republicans are only interested in Hunter Biden's deceptions regarding his IRS-confirmed receipt of $17.3 million from shady sources

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Jul 18, 2023

I hope that in future committees we could stop demonizing immigrants.

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Jul 18, 2023

From what we have heard today, it is completely irresponsible that President Biden from his first day in office he signed an Executive Order pausing border wall construction.

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Jul 18, 2023

This administration has accommodated their efforts.

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Jul 18, 2023

They have unfettered access to the communities of America, and they traffic in two things, drugs and human beings.

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Jul 18, 2023

Since President Biden was inaugurated and made perhaps the poorest decision in the history of poor decisions by hiring Secretary Mayorkas.

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Jul 18, 2023

A physical barrier is part of a security system that includes physical barriers to deter and delay an attempted criminal crossing.

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Jul 17, 2023

Russia has a right to a presence in the Arctic as opposed to China.

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Jul 17, 2023

You need icebreakers. The nature of the ice may change, but we need vessels that can navigate effectively.

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Jul 17, 2023

It was one of the most important tasks that we could complete.

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Jul 12, 2023

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

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Jul 12, 2023

What an uncomfortable hearing. Is it not? Let me say it is uncomfortable for the entire American citizenry to gaze upon this bizarre realm of D.C. and wonder how it operates when we are facing now $32 trillion in debt.

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Jul 11, 2023

Public awareness is a big part of this, in addition to enforcement. The social media companies, frankly, have to do more.

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