Energy

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement:"Last night, white smoke was visible from the White House chimney – they had found another gimmick. The Biden Administration is so determined to ‘rob Peter to pay Paul' but their decisions are so stupid that they can't even figure out they are Peter. President Biden's effort is designed to temporarily reduce gas… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves attempted to defund President Joe Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia by offering legislation that would prohibit U.S. taxpayers from paying for the trip unless his administration reverses course and increases domestic energy production. Graves' amendments to H.R. 7606 – the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022 – were plucked by House… Read more »

BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today key projects across Louisiana that will receive nearly $400,000,000 through the Army Corps annual spending plan which determines funding amounts for flood control, hurricane protection, coastal restoration, and port/navigation projects. Graves worked to secure these resources to bolster our resiliency… Read more »

BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves issued the following statement after visiting the Bayou Choctaw Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) with U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm."Touring the strategic oil reserve site (SPR) today reinforces the key role that Louisiana plays in our nation's energy security and I appreciate the opportunity to join the… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration canceling overnight –amidst record-high gas prices – planned offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico (and one in Alaska). "The Biden Administration's announcement that they will cancel new offshore oil and gas production approaches levels of irresponsibility… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves just traveled with U.S. House leadership to Eastern Europe, where he met with elected officials of several North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and promoted Louisiana's ability to fuel the world."I joined House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a bipartisan congressional delegation trip to meet with European leaders, Ukrainian refugees, Louisiana… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced that Louisiana and parishes will receive a $111,822,094.65 share of over $252 million in the FY 2021 Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) energy revenues that the four Gulf oil and gas producing states will receive. Of the revenues, the State of Louisiana will receive $89,457,675.71 while the coastal parishes receive $22,364,418.94."Every… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Energy's announced approval of additional export flexibility for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal based in Louisiana - Glenfarne Group LLC's Magnolia LNG project. Specifically, this announcement provides Magnolia LNG the opportunity to ship American LNG to additional countries… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement today after President Biden announced that he is releasing additional emergency oil reserves and invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) to ramp up the mining and processing of critical minerals used in renewable energy and electric vehicles.Under the Biden Administration: Importing approximately 200,000… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement after reports emerged that the Biden Administration is expected to tap emergency oil supplies from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) for the third time in six months. The Biden Administration previously announced they would tap our Strategic Petroleum Reserve earlier this month which we predicted would happen.The… Read more »