U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced the winners of the Louisiana 6th Congressional District Art Competition. Winning first place was Kain Huey, a student at Central High School. His artwork will be showcased in the corridor leading to the U.S. Capitol building for the next year.Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to… Read more »
U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves and Steve Scalise, and Ducks Unlimited Southern Region Director Jerry Holden, announced Ducks Unlimited received $4,701,013 in matching federal grants to restore coastal wetlands and enhance wildlife habitat in South Louisiana. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) grants, made through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), will be matched… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced four investments in Louisiana shipyard jobs through U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) grants. The federal funding, made available through the MARAD Small Shipyard Grant Program, aims to support improvements and modernizations so that our shipyard workers can enhance their capabilities and… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the Stanford Ponzi Scheme trial reached closing statements."Prior to the 2016 Flood, the Stanford Ponzi Scheme was one of the biggest disasters to hit South Louisiana. Stanford wrecked the lives of thousands of Louisianians whose life savings and pensions were destroyed by Stanford's greed. And make no… Read more »
During two separate subcommittee meetings this week, U.S. Congressman Garret Graves raised points surrounding energy and infrastructure – both major policy areas for Louisiana. Specifically, he made the case that the Administration should have to be as well-informed as possible when considering offshore energy moratoriums and the federal government should use taxpayer dollars in a… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) brought Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson to the U.S. House Natural Resources Republican Forum: "Where are the Jobs?". The forum provided an opportunity to highlight the Administration's recent executive orders and their impact on the energy sector, local businesses, restaurants and more – all interwoven parts of Louisiana's… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement today following the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's decision to delay implementing calibration of Gulf State's allocation of red snapper until January 2023: "The Gulf Council decision today is absolutely the right one and shows that they realize that it would be virtually impossible to… Read more »
This week U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) introduced the Building U.S. Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act, which modernizes the National Environmental Policy (NEPA) Act to make infrastructure project reviews more efficient, reduce project costs, spur economic recovery, and rebuild America.Modernizing NEPA would help fast track… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) introduced today the Building U.S. Infrastructure through Limited Delays & Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act, which modernizes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to make infrastructure project reviews more efficient, reduce project costs, spur economic recovery, and rebuild America.Modernizing NEPA would help fast track… Read more »
Today, Rep. Garret Graves joined Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and a group of Republican colleagues to introduce the Wage Equity Act to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. Modeled after bipartisan legislation that has been signed into law in states across the country, the bill encourages employers to proactively evaluate their pay practices and eliminate pay disparities in their… Read more »
