U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) joined Southside Elementary and Southside Junior High at the groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate their new Southside campus. Following the 2016 Flood, Graves changed federal law through the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) to prevent FEMA from diverting tens of millions of dollars from educating our students to filling federal coffers.… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $2,134,000 in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to South Central Planning and Development Commission. In total, EDA awarded $7.2 million across Louisiana to help provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced $14,350,478 in federal funding from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and notified Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson today. Graves plans to work with the state to push for South Louisiana projects to receive additional funding, building on top of the $1 billion in new grants,… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office will be reimbursed $2,242,377 in response to the 2016 Flood and emergency housing solution for Livingston Parish sheriff deputies. This grant is the result of an amendment Graves offered after the federal government proved they could not adequately, inexpensively or efficiently respond to… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the pre-solicitation notice for shrimp purchases.
"This relief announcement comes after months of work with all stakeholders from the top-down. We have already started reaching out to stakeholders regarding the pending… Read more »
ZACHARY, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) went to the Zachary Fire Department this morning to congratulate the team for their efforts in guiding the community toward the highest rating possible which potentially saves community members in insurance costs. Based on a metric designated by the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana, a Class 1 Rating is the… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today 11 grants, totaling $5,183,666, awarded this week from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). More information can be found below with awarded grants listed by agency.U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC): Recipient: South Central… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced that Louisiana crawfish is now included in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Graves has been pushing the USDA to make this critical program extension a reality as Louisiana's seafood industry has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The addition of… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) decision to purchase U.S. shrimp for distribution to community food and nutrition programs nationwide after Graves worked with the USDA to secure a commitment of up to 20 million pounds from Louisiana and Gulf Coast shrimpers and processors. By supplying healthy U.S. shrimp, members of the… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) secured $3 million for LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center to help improve the performance and resilience of our military service members while reducing injury and recovery time. Under Graves' amendment, Pennington Biomedical would build upon their position as the top nutrition science provider to the U.S. military to design… Read more »
