U.S. Congressman Garret Graves introduced eight amendments to the partisan, wishlist $4.6 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) legislation. His amendments would have redirected the funding toward Louisiana-specific needs that are a federal priority."This legislation is going to result in us paying more to heat and cool our homes, cost more to refuel our cars, and cause job losses in… Read more »
DONALDSONVILLE, LA - Cutting off Bayou Lafourche from the Mississippi River in 1903 has cost us millions to fix. Recently, a modernized pump station at the top of Bayou Lafourche received the final U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) permit to advance the Bayou Lafourche Mississippi River Re-Introduction and Pumping Capacity Improvement Project in Donaldsonville. This project is a top priority of the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District. Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (LA-06) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week nearly $1 billion of infrastructure grants through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) federal grant program. (Formerly known as "BUILD" and "TIGER" grants.) Louisiana's sole share of which is $18.5 million for… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves and U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids passed bipartisan legislation through the U.S. House today that would promote innovation and growth in American aviation. The legislation, the Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act (H.R. 1339), previously passed through the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of which both Graves and… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) sent a letter today urging the Corps of Engineers to execute the investment of nearly half a billion federal dollars in the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane protection project – the largest investment in the project's history, which Graves fought to secure in the government funding bill enacted on September 30, 2021. "The landfall of… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves, member of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement after an extra $65,072,864 in federal funding was awarded to Louisiana for transportation and infrastructure projects. These announced funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) build on top of the $1 billion in new grants, formula funding and… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) joined colleagues in a letter urging President Biden to reconsider policy positions that are delaying the movement of goods and services, idling our ports, causing bare shelves in stores and driving up costs. "This supply chain crisis was entirely preventable. Whether lingering COVID unemployment, incentivizing NOT working, vaccine-related… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves, the Ranking Member of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation, and U.S. Congressman Sam Graves, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure, wrote to President Biden to convey their concerns following reports that the White House is pressuring U.S. air carriers to require their employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by December 8,… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced proposals that would roll back improvements made during the Trump administration to reform the nation's project delivery system."For those of you that have been begging for more red tape, more traffic, more flooding, more lawyers, more… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the second phase of the LA 1 corridor project was let today. Louisiana Highway 1 received a $135 million grant from U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to construct approximately 8.3 miles of elevated highway from Leeville Bridge to Golden Meadow – the largest transportation grant awarded in… Read more »
