The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) opened a grant program today, with approximately $650 million in funding available, with financial assistance available to Louisiana's fishing industry. Graves has worked to provide assistance to Louisiana's seafood producers to help provide a helping hand through recent disasters."This is a lifeline given to some of our struggling fishing… Read more »
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. The letter was released following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's withdrawal of $4.3 trillion social welfare expansion and $1.2 trillion stimulus and infrastructure bills. Graves… Read more »
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. The funds will be awarded from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and will be… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on November 17, in compliance with federal law.
"It is unfortunate that we are celebrating someone following the law, but that is what is happening today. It took Congress, courts… Read more »
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. The Gulf federal red snapper for-hire season will reopen at 12:01 AM CST, on October 15, 2021, and will close at 12:01 AM CST, on November 6,… Read more »
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. "As Louisianians struggle to put their lives and… Read more »
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. Initially, hurricane recovery funding was held hostage by the debt limit which was removed for a separate vote."We are exactly one month from Hurricane Ida making landfall and our efforts to… Read more »
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. The funding will go toward excavating the channel between Cypress Bayou and Bayou Baton Rouge (approximately between LA 19 and LA 964). Graves released the following… Read more »
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. 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… Read more »
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. "The Blue Roof Program is moving way too slow. With tens of thousands of damaged roofs across south Louisiana during storm season, the Corps has to expedite getting these homes protected otherwise damages will be… Read more »
