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 issued the following statement after the U.S House of Representatives leadership released a government funding bill, with an undefined amount of Hurricane Ida recovery funding included, provided 45 minutes to review the legislation, then withdrew and replaced the bill with a new version (without notice)."I appreciate President Biden coming down to view the… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) introduced more amendments to House Democrats' budget reconciliation package than any other House Member in an effort to create accountability and improve the $1.9 trillion mega-bill – which, contrary to its title, will do little to provide COVID-19 relief. Graves' amendments would recalibrate these dollars in ways that would actually… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Rules introduced in the Social Security Amendments of 1983 were intended to do some good by preventing those who collect a government salary from double dipping by getting the same advantages in Social Security payment calculations as private workers. However, two of those rules are catching federal, state, and parish workers… Read more »
Substantial reforms to the Food Stamp Program that Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) introduced last year through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Reform Act of 2017 advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives today as provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill. With more than 100 cosponsors, support for the SNAP Reform Act amounted to a groundswell of Members who… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves's legislation to fix the flawed ‘duplication of benefits' policy passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today, along with a number of other top priorities for Louisianans addressed in HR. 4, "The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018." The bipartisan package to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration includes the Disaster Recovery Reform Act… Read more »
One year after the Great Flood of 2016, a cadre of delegates from Washington, D.C., brought HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson to little Livingston Parish to view the recovery.Well, the good doctor probably thought it was fairly little.His comments at the subsequent news conference appeared the right words to say, at the time, and he vowed that – with help from the delegates that brought… 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 »
Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) recently introduced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Reform Act of 2017 to require the program to do more to connect the unemployed with existing job placement and job training opportunities so that more people who are able to work can. Graves introduced the bill to fight poverty, support families and promote self-sufficiency while… Read more »
