Thousands of Louisiana homeowners hit hard by the 2016 floods have been tearing their hair out for more than a year over a federal rule blocking them from tens of thousands of dollars in recovery money.
People like Charles Thibodeaux, an 83-year-old retired plant worker who lives in Central, applied for Small Business Administration loans to help rebuild their flooded homes at the urging… Read more »
Graves–Richmond File Bill to Solve Onerous "Duplication of Benefits" Penalty"The government is alleging that a loan duplicates a grant. There is absolutely nothing duplicative about a loan and a grant, and they should not be treated the same."On Thursday, Congressman Garret Graves (R-South Louisiana) and Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-South Louisiana) along with other bipartisan… Read more »
In his weekly visit with Talk 107.3's Kevin & Bill, Mr. Graves addresses why he voted AGAINST a flood insurance reform bill, updates us on the status the Republican tax reforms and other topics. Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) issued the following statement on the economic development announcement involving DXC Technology of Virginia setting up operations in New Orleans and creating 2,000 permanent high tech jobs. "Louisiana's rapidly growing technology industry adds DXC to a growing list of major IT wins that began in earnest over six years ago. Projects like CGI in… Read more »
Should Cajuns be listed by the federal government as an endangered species? U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, tried to make that case with an amendment in the House Natural Resources Committee, making the point that Washington is largely responsible for Louisiana's coastal erosion yet is stalling permits for the state's $50 billion, 50-year master plan to save the southern third of… Read more »
LAPLACE — The federal government's fiscal year begins Sunday, and levee construction via the Westshore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Risk Reduction Project (and with it greater flood and hurricane protection for St. John the Baptist residents) is not in the budget.A complicated combination of local tax dollars, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding, state funds and federal allocations… Read more »
Click here for story.What does this bill do?This bill ensures the food stamp program (SNAP) has meaningful work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) by: eliminating statewide or partial waivers from the ABAWD work requirement; shortening the three-month rule, which permits ABAWDs to receive food stamps without working or participating in other work activity, to… Read more »
Dr. Ben Carson, the U.S. housing secretary, made plenty of cuts and incisions during a renowned career as a neurosurgeon.But it's blockages of another type — regulations Carson said are holding up federal flood aid — he's looking to slice.Shortly after visiting a Denham Springs couple whose home remains a work in progress a year after taking on several feet of water, Carson… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (LA-06) announced today that the Sixth District will participate in the third Congressional App Challenge (CAC), a high school app competition designed to engage student's creativity and encourage their participation in computer science. Students, individually or in teams, are tasked with creating, coding, and implementing a new and innovative computer… Read more »
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA) released the following statements regarding today's proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rescind the Obama Administration's flawed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, and to… Read more »
