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 »
BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement in response to Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Jack Montoucet signing again a declaration to re-open the recreational red snapper season on Friday, October 7 through Friday, October 14 and increasing the bag limit to four fish per person, per day.… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced today that Louisiana has received a seventh "Marine Highway Grant" since 2016 – now totaling over $10,000,000 in investment. This Maritime Administration (MARAD) Grant, in coordination with the Port of Baton Rouge, will help to purchase 70 container chassis to help support the "marine highway" between Baton Rouge 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 (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 »
BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement about over $13,000,000 in improvements to 12.6 miles of LA 70 in Assumption Parish. The project is funded with 80 percent federal funding and will include milling, patching, overlay and drainage on LA 70 from the intersection of Highway 1 in Paincourtville, west and south to Pierre Part. "Highway 70… 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. Representatives Rodney Davis, Garret Graves, and Julia Letlow will be holding a press conference on the next legislative steps for H.R. 82, the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act, which is now co-sponsored by 300 members of the House of Representatives. Media are invited to attend, and details can be found below.Details for Media Only:WHO: Reps. Rodney Davis (IL-13), Garret… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves congratulates LSU Laboratory School and St. James Episcopal Day School for receiving this year's National Blue Ribbon designation. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among… 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 »
