DONALDSONVILLE, LA – Federal, state and local leaders broke ground on the Bayou Lafourche Mississippi River Re-Introduction and Pumping Capacity Improvement Project in Donaldsonville on Friday. The project went out to bid for construction in January 2022 after receiving the final U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) permit in November 2021.U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced today $18,857,854.96 in federal funding from FEMA for the Terrebonne Parish School Board's remediation costs. This reimbursement covers 100 percent of the costs to clean out, dehumidify, conduct mold remediation, purchase generators, and other efforts to get Terrebonne Parish schools back online after Hurricane Ida.### 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 »
RESERVE, LA – Parish President Hotard and Congressman Graves will host a Town Hall Meeting in St. John the Baptist Parish next week. WHAT: Parish President Jaclyn Hotard and Congressman Garret Graves will host a town hall meeting in St. John Parish to provide updates on ongoing Hurricane Ida recovery efforts, hurricane and flood protection projects, flood insurance and more. WHO: … Read more »
BAKER, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves joined Baker High School leadership, teachers, students and families today for their new campus' groundbreaking ceremony. Baker High School was one of several schools damaged during the 2016 Flood and it took years – until March 2022 – to get federal flood recovery resources.Years of work between Graves' office, Baker High… Read more »
NAPOLEONVILLE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves met with Assumption Parish leaders and released the following statement."In addition to our frequent outreach to Assumption constituents, we recently met with Police Jurors and other parish officials to discuss drainage and flooding and additional investments in Assumption Parish. One topic we covered was the new Bayou Chene… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Garret Graves and Dina Titus introduced legislation – The Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2022 – that would streamline the assistance process and expedite short- and long-term housing solutions for disaster-affected residents, police, and emergency responders. In the aftermath of a hurricane or other disaster, each federal agency and program have… Read more »
Legislation just passed the U.S. House of Representatives that will provide recovery assistance to the remaining 2016 Flood victims deemed ineligible by federal bureaucrats. For years, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) refused to provide financial assistance to disaster victims that were previously approved for a disaster recovery loan – calling it double… Read more »
FEMA is sending $22,696,822.80 in federal funding to cover Hurricane Ida (in Ascension, Lafourche and St. John the Baptist parishes) and the 2016 Flood (Livingston Parish) incurred costs by the respective entities. "This funding shows every entity in south Louisiana is impacted by storms – water and wind don't discriminate between a home, small businesses, school, or law… Read more »
