Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today the unanimous House approval of H.R. 2672, the FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act, a bill co-authored by Congressmen Neal Dunn (Florida) and Darren Soto (Florida), which requires FEMA to pay interest on reimbursements to local governments and electrical cooperatives. To force action on the bill, Graves previously added this provision a... Read More »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) made the following statement regarding Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s announcement today to call a vote in the U.S. Senate on Graves’ bill H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act. "The Senate Majority Leader has called for a vote on our bill H.R. 82 – provided he gets the necessary 60 votes to get it to the floor. More than 60 Senators support ... Read More »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and St. Charles Parish President Matthew Jewell announced today unanimous House approval of H.R. 8753, a bill that directs the U.S. Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for Montz, LA, LSU-Baton Rouge, LA, and other communities across the U.S. “We have tried working with USPS for years to get Montz their own ZIP code, and to consolidate th... Read More »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (Louisiana) announced today the significant Louisiana victories he authored in S. 4367, the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which passed today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is expected to pass the Senate shortly and will be headed to the president for his signature. “Most of the United States – and two Canadian provin... Read More »
Congressman Garret Graves and Terrebonne Parish President Jason Bergeron announced today House-passed legislation to add Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, among the parishes and counties included in the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), a federal agency that promotes economic development and community resiliency in America’s Delta Region. Graves is a senior member of the House Committee on Transportatio... Read More »
Congressman Garret Graves (R-South Louisiana) made the following statement about the recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers action to reduce up to $68 million in interest obligations owed by Jefferson and Orleans Parishes as their share of construction costs for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Control Project. “As I’ve stated since June, we are running through the tape. We will not stop fighting for Lo... Read More »
Louisiana Congressmen Garret Graves (R-LA) and Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) announced today their bipartisan legislation, the “Offshore Parity Act of 2024,” that will expand the state authority of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico. Expansion of state sovereignty in the Gulf would give Louisiana greater management authority over resources like energy and fisheries. “Texas and ... Read More »
**VIDEO: Ahead of the Vote, Graves & Spanberger Spoke on the U.S. House Floor to Urge Their Colleagues to Support the Bipartisan “Social Security Fairness Act” U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA-06) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) today released the following statement after a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, their bipa... Read More »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) today announced the historic groundbreaking of “Reach A” in Dularge, Louisiana, of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf (MTG) hurricane protection project alongside project partners Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District (TLCD), the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). “Construction of Reach... Read More »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today $31,792,820.68 in federal disaster reimbursements to Lafourche Parish, Lafourche Parish Schools, Terrebonne Parish, Terrebonne Parish Schools, Port Fourchon, and SLECA. “These funds are welcome but come with consequences when delivered years later – skyrocketing inflation shortens the length that these critical rebuilding funds can g... Read More »
Congressman Garret Graves and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise introduced legislation today to add Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, among the parishes and counties included in the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), a federal agency that promotes economic development and community resiliency in America’s Delta Region. Graves is a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructur... Read More »
Following the discharge petition led by U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA-06) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) reaching the 218 signatures necessary to force a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on their bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act to eliminate both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), several organizations representing the int... Read More »
**CLICK HERE for Photos of the Event** *CLICK HERE for Downloadable Full Recorded Event** U.S. Rpreentatives Garret Graves (R-LA-06) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) today hosted a press conference alongside Americans who are currently being denied their hard-earned retirement benefits and retired police officers, firefighters, letter carriers, government employees, and educators to urge more Mem... Read More »
Graves & Spanberger: “Today is a Major Milestone Made Possible by Tireless Advocates Who’ve Made Clear that Congress Must Act” U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA-06) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) today announced that their discharge petition for the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act has hit 218 signatures — the number required to force a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. La... Read More »
Prolific Graves “running through the tape” with most bills passed in yesterday’s mark up Critical disaster and safety legislation authored by Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday – just one week after Hurricane Francine made landfall. The combination of three FEMA bills, if enacted, will streamline disaster recovery, get... Read More »
