I would very carefully review and adjust Obama-era mandates and executive orders imposing environmental restrictions on the oil and gas industry.

Clay Higgins · Louisiana · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 88%

Occurrences

I would very carefully review and adjust every one of the hundred or so Obama administration mandates and executive orders imposing his radical environmental agenda on our oil and gas industry.

The candidate promises to review and revise existing environmental restrictions affecting oil and gas.

Issues – Clay Higgins
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Evidence

Higgins said his office introduced H.R. 513, the Offshore Lands Authorities Act, to overturn Biden’s offshore drilling ban and create a new process for future leasing withdrawals. The release says the legislation would protect American energy production, restore congressional oversight, and place guardrails on future land withdrawals.

Concrete legislative action aimed at reversing federal restrictions on offshore oil and gas development, consistent with the promise to review and adjust Obama-era environmental restrictions. The action is a step toward the claim but does not itself prove enacted policy change.

partial same_term A for effort

Higgins, Hunt, Weber Introduce Legislation to Overturn Biden Drilling Ban - Congressman Clay Higgins
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

Higgins said he voted for H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, which amends NEPA to eliminate unnecessary bureaucratic delays in permitting for energy, transportation, and water infrastructure projects. The release states the bill sets deadlines, allows use of existing environmental assessments, and limits judicial review.

A recorded House vote in favor of narrowing federal permitting delays and environmental review burdens for energy projects. This is direct follow-through on the campaign theme, but it still falls short of proving the underlying restrictions were fully adjusted or removed.

partial same_term A for effort

Higgins Votes to Streamline Permitting for Energy, Economic Development Projects - Congressman Clay Higgins
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

The House roll call recorded H.J.Res.36, disapproving the Bureau of Land Management rule on "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation," as passed 221-191. The vote list shows "Higgins (LA) Republican Louisiana LA Yea."

Higgins voted for a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify an Obama-era BLM oil and gas waste/methane rule. This is direct legislative effort, but the measure did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 78 | Bill Number: H. J. Res. 36 - Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Congress.gov states H.J.Res.36 passed the House on February 3, 2017, 221-191, but on May 10, 2017 the Senate motion to proceed was rejected 49-51. CRS summarizes that the resolution would nullify the BLM rule published November 18, 2016, addressing waste generated during oil and gas production.

This confirms the Higgins-supported rollback targeted an Obama-era oil and gas rule but failed in the Senate, so it supports effort rather than full delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

All Info - H.J.Res.36 - 115th Congress: BLM Waste Prevention Rule Disapproval
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Executive Order 13783 directed agencies to review regulations burdening domestic energy resources, with particular attention to oil and natural gas, and to suspend, revise, or rescind burdensome actions. It specifically ordered review of the 2016 oil and gas methane rule, the 2015 federal hydraulic fracturing rule, and other oil and gas rules.

The Trump administration carried out the type of federal review the promise described during Higgins's first House term, but this was executive action rather than a Higgins-authored legislative enactment.

partial same_term

Executive Order 13783: Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

BLM's 2018 final rule revised the 2016 Waste Prevention rule, reducing compliance burdens and rescinding requirements for waste-minimization plans, gas-capture percentages, well operations, pneumatic equipment, storage vessels, and leak detection and repair. BLM said EO 13783 directed review of the 2016 rule.

An Obama-era oil and gas rule was actually revised during Higgins's first term. This shows aligned policy delivery by the administration, though not uniquely attributable to Higgins.

partial same_term

Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Rescission or Revision of Certain Requirements
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Congress.gov states H.J.Res.38 became Public Law 115-5 on February 16, 2017. CRS summarizes that the joint resolution nullified the Interior Department's Stream Protection Rule finalized on December 20, 2016.

This is a successful rollback of an Obama-era environmental rule affecting energy extraction, but the rule concerned surface coal mining rather than oil and gas, so it is only adjacent support.

partial same_term A for effort

H.J.Res.38 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

The Clerk recorded H.J.Res.38, disapproving the Interior Department Stream Protection Rule, as passed 228-194. The vote list shows "Higgins (LA) Republican Louisiana LA Yea."

Higgins voted for a successful Obama-era environmental rule rollback, showing concrete deregulatory effort, though the subject was not oil and gas specifically.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 73 | Bill Number: H. J. Res. 38 - Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

Congress.gov states H.R.1 passed the House 225-204. The CRS summary says Interior must resume quarterly oil and gas lease sales, issue pending drilling permits after NEPA steps, limit NEPA review, repeal certain natural gas import/export restrictions, and expand FERC's environmental-review role for natural gas pipelines.

In later federal service, Higgins supported a broad oil and gas permitting and leasing bill aligned with reducing environmental and permitting restrictions. It passed the House but did not become enacted law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act - 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

The Clerk recorded H.R.1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, as passed 225-204 on March 30, 2023. The vote list shows "Higgins (LA) Republican Louisiana LA Yea."

This confirms Higgins voted for the 2023 oil and gas permitting and leasing package, supporting partial later-term effort rather than completed fulfillment.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 182 | Bill Number: H. R. 1 - Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

Higgins's office said he introduced H.R. 513, the Offshore Lands Authorities Act, to overturn Biden's offshore drilling ban and create a new process for future leasing withdrawals, restoring congressional oversight and placing guardrails on future land withdrawals.

This is later-term concrete legislative action to reverse federal offshore oil and gas restrictions, but it targets Biden-era restrictions and does not prove enacted adjustment of the Obama-era mandates in the original promise.

partial later_term A for effort

Higgins, Hunt, Weber Introduce Legislation to Overturn Biden Drilling Ban - Congressman Clay Higgins
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Higgins's office said he voted for H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, to amend NEPA, set deadlines, allow existing environmental assessments, limit judicial review, and eliminate unnecessary permitting delays for energy, transportation, and water infrastructure projects.

This is later-term deregulatory action on environmental review and energy permitting. It advances the same policy direction but does not establish that Obama-era oil and gas mandates were fully reviewed and adjusted by Higgins.

partial later_term A for effort

Higgins Votes to Streamline Permitting for Energy, Economic Development Projects - Congressman Clay Higgins
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Higgins took direct deregulatory actions in office, including voting for a CRA resolution targeting the Obama-era BLM oil and gas waste/methane rule and supporting other energy-permitting rollbacks. The Trump administration also reviewed and revised Obama-era oil and gas rules during Higgins's first House term, which matches the policy direction, but those executive actions are not clearly attributable to Higgins personally. Because the core outcome was advanced and partly achieved, but not mainly delivered by Higgins and not shown as a comprehensive Higgins-led review and adjustment of Obama-era oil and gas restrictions, partial credit is appropriate.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

partial same_term A for effort

Higgins took concrete legislative steps aligned with the promise, including introducing and voting for bills to reduce federal permitting and environmental review burdens affecting oil and gas. However, the evidence does not show that Obama-era mandates or executive orders were actually reviewed and adjusted, or that any resulting policy change was enacted, so the promise was only partially advanced rather than fully delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 89%

partial same_term A for effort

Higgins took concrete federal legislative actions consistent with the promise, including voting for permitting-streamlining legislation affecting NEPA review burdens and introducing legislation aimed at reversing offshore drilling restrictions. These actions materially align with reviewing and adjusting environmental restrictions on oil and gas. However, the evidence does not show that Obama-era mandates or executive orders were actually adjusted or removed as enacted policy, and one cited action targets Biden-era restrictions rather than Obama-era ones. This supports partial credit with an effort badge, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%