The U.S. House passed the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 which has several Louisiana priorities U.S. Congressman Garret Graves pushed for and prioritized within the bill. Graves' bipartisan provisions will ensure foreign fishing fleets aren't illegally fishing in U.S. waters, prioritize our domestic workforce, and increase our safety by keeping Russian vessels out of U.S.… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement after reports emerged of President Biden and European leaders planning to reach a deal this week to export more U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe to supplant Russian natural gas. The United States is the number one natural gas producer in the world and Louisiana is the top exporting state. "Russia invaded Ukraine a… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge urging that Lafourche, Terrebonne, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John and other parishes receive recovery funding directly. Under the current allocation, only the City of Baton Rouge will receive 2021 disaster funds directly. In addition, Graves expressed concern… Read more »
It's good news, but we now face a bureaucratic nightmareGraves asked HUD Secretary for status of funds on January 6, 2022U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released a supplemental statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) updated today their announced $1.3 billion Louisiana hurricane and flood allocation and the process on how it will be distributed. HUD later… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement regarding $1,287,770,000 allocated today related to natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. These Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds are from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). So far, only $600 million of $5 billion had been allocated for those impacted by Louisiana's… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Energy announcement to approve two Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) permits today. The United States is the top natural gas producer in the world and Louisiana is the top exporting state. This announcement gives the United States more capacity to supplant Russian natural gas and funding for Putin's… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced $1,272,753.90 of federal flood recovery resources are headed to Baker High School to repair and replace structures damaged by the 2016 Flood. This is the result of a Graves-led effort.In July 2020, Graves gathered Baker High School officials and FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor. They discussed FEMA's re-evaluation of… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) attempted to add amendments to the U.S. House government funding bill in an effort to create accountability and improve the bill. Graves' amendments would have ensured Louisiana's disaster recovery, flood insurance and other priorities were addressed.Graves introduced the below amendments: An amendment that would have required the FEMA… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) secured $3.57 million for LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center to help improve the performance and resilience of our military service members. With this funding, Pennington Biomedical will build upon its leadership in nutrition science for the U.S. military, designing nutrition programs that further improve the readiness of our… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) secured $686,000 to help fight violent crime and expedite putting criminals in jail. Just last month, it was reported there are thousands of backlogs in processing DNA evidence to identify and indict lawbreakers. Graves consulted with law enforcement and criminal justice officials to help push this critical priority. The Rapid DNA funding… Read more »
