BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is purchasing up to $25 million of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Wild-Caught Shrimp. This will help provide relief to Louisiana's shrimp industry which has faced several hardships in a row: Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters, repeated openings of the… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement:"The president continues to acknowledge that we need additional oil supply to help bring prices down. That is good news; however, what is inexcusable is that he is tapping our emergency oil reserves rather than tapping available production in the Gulf of Mexico. Our emergency reserves are for… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA – The OPEC oil cartel announced they are going to reduce their daily production of oil by cutting their daily target by two million barrels per day. As we warned, "fist bumps for cartels and pink slips for Cajuns" is not a comprehensive energy strategy nor is using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to mitigate bad policies.Despite having nearly two years to… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) statement on Biden Administration's Political Allocation of Funding:"Nearly one-third of the authorized U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' water resources projects in the entire country are in the State of Louisiana. We drain two-thirds of the continental United States from the north and have lost nearly 2,000 square miles of our coast largely… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement regarding the permitting legislation being pushed by President Joe Biden, Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin, and others. Modernizing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) would help fast-track Louisiana's coastal restoration projects, transportation projects and energy infrastructure priorities – stimulating… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement after the Biden Administration awarded Lease Sale 257. President Biden broke a 77-year-old record – issuing fewer acres for oil-and-gas drilling offshore and on federal land than any other administration. "Like a kid being forced to eat their vegetables, it's great to see the Biden Administration being forced to award… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Interior lapsing for the first time on their final offshore energy development plan which needed to be completed by today, July 1, 2022. The plan, required by federal law, lays the groundwork for lease sales and offshore energy revenues which is how our State secures the funding for our… Read more »
LEEVILLE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement regarding the milestone groundbreaking for the elevation of LA-1 taking place today in Leeville, Louisiana. The new, elevated highway project, stretching from Golden Meadow to Leeville (8.3 miles), was partially financed in 2020 with a $135 million federal grant."Officially known as the ‘Billy… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement:"Last night, white smoke was visible from the White House chimney – they had found another gimmick. The Biden Administration is so determined to ‘rob Peter to pay Paul' but their decisions are so stupid that they can't even figure out they are Peter. President Biden's effort is designed to temporarily reduce gas… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves attempted to defund President Joe Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia by offering legislation that would prohibit U.S. taxpayers from paying for the trip unless his administration reverses course and increases domestic energy production. Graves' amendments to H.R. 7606 – the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022 – were plucked by House… Read more »
