Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves joined members of Louisiana’s Congressional Delegation in setting the record straight on how infrastructure legislation currently before Congress would affect Louisiana.
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves, the Ranking Member of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation, and Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. released the following statements regarding Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY) receiving $5,845,00 in discretionary funding to upgrade the airport infrastructure.
Graves fisheries legislation again proves data-driven management is best in states’ hands
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the reopening of the 2021 Federal Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational For-Hire Season.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after voting yes on the U.S. House bill that ties hurricane recovery funding and the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to stopgap emergency government funding (CR). Unfortunately, the CR does not include a delay of Risk Rating 2.0.
Debt limit provision, now stripped from government funding, held the aid hostage
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after voting yes on the U.S. House bill that ties hurricane recovery funding to stopgap emergency government funding.
Contract awarded to excavate the channel between Cypress Bayou and Bayou Baton Rouge
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the Corps of Engineers has awarded a $20,980,000 contract to a Louisiana business, Rigid Constructors, LLC to advance the Comite Flood Control Project.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) congratulates Baton Rouge Magnet High School and Westdale Heights Academic Magnet for receiving this year’s National Blue Ribbon designation.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves and Louisiana’s Congressional Delegation are urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to speed up the completion of the Blue Roof Program.
LIVINGSTON – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced $1,785,511 in grant funding to elevate 51 properties at risk of flooding in Livingston Parish.