U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced the award of seven grants to help improve and expand Louisiana’s law enforcement solutions from the Department of Justice (DOJ). The State of Louisiana will receive the largest, $3,893,810, to identify, arrest, and reduce violent gangs and drug dealers in our community.
“We want to live and raise our kids in safe communities, but… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to imminently pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which will repeal the U.S. military vaccine mandate and increase pay for U.S. servicemembers. Additionally, the bill counters bad actors such as Russia, China, Iran and others."Our servicemembers deserve to be paid appropriately and have the best equipment and technology we can… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA – Earlier this year, U.S. Congressman Garret Graves secured funding to help clear the law enforcement DNA evidence processing backlog in the Capital Region. This will help fight violent crime and expedite putting criminals in jail.Graves asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today to expedite transferring the secured federal funding to the East Baton Rouge… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced $13,309,311 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that will aid local and State law enforcement efforts to prevent and control crime.Of that total, $1,782,718 is going to expedite the processing of DNA evidence so criminals can be held accountable in a quicker timeframe. Additionally, $2,000,000 will be used for crime… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves secured $375,000 for a local non-profit program focused on youth crime prevention and diversion. The funding passed in a U.S. House funding bill which is now before the U.S. Senate.Data shows that young offenders, particularly in the Capital Region, are significant contributors to the alarming crime rate, and this funding will help to curtail this trend.… 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 »
The U.S. House of Representatives advanced a Ukraine assistance funding bill tonight and U.S. Congressman Garret Graves attempted to direct funds toward Louisiana's ongoing disaster recovery and other priorities. The $40 billion funding legislation was introduced hours before the vote. Graves ultimately voted no on the Ukraine aid because it failed to include funding for Louisiana's… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves just traveled with U.S. House leadership to Eastern Europe, where he met with elected officials of several North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and promoted Louisiana's ability to fuel the world."I joined House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a bipartisan congressional delegation trip to meet with European leaders, Ukrainian refugees, Louisiana… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Energy's announced approval of additional export flexibility for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal based in Louisiana - Glenfarne Group LLC's Magnolia LNG project.
Specifically, this announcement provides Magnolia LNG the opportunity to ship American LNG to additional countries… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement after reports emerged that the Biden Administration is expected to tap emergency oil supplies from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) for the third time in six months. The Biden Administration previously announced they would tap our Strategic Petroleum Reserve earlier this month which we predicted would happen.The… Read more »
