Two Louisiana homeowners have sued the federal government, claiming that they have been unfairly denied assistance in recovering from 2016′s devastating floods.Their claims seem to have some merit.At issue is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's policy that prevents homeowners from receiving Small Business Administration disaster loans and disaster grants.… Read more »
Rep. Garret Graves says he wasn't keen on joining the select committee to address climate change formed by the new Democratic House majority in January.But on Feb. 28, weeks after the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis had been formed and long after the Democrats had announced their roster, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appointed the Louisiana Republican as co-chairman."There… Read more »
When Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana was chosen to serve on a new House committee dedicated to climate change, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) supported the pick. In January he co-sponsored a conservation bill introduced in the House, and environmental groups have applauded his past work to protect and restore coastal communities. The third-term congressman says he believes "some… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) issued a statement today after victims of Louisiana's Great Flood of 2016 filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to force payment for duplication of benefits claims. The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgement that would force the federal government to comply with a law that Graves and Congressman… Read more »
A federal lawsuit filed today will seek a declaratory judgement that would force the federal government to comply with the Duplication of Benefits provision Congressmen Garret Graves and Cedric Richmond authored last year. The legal action would force the federal government to comply with the legislation that Graves, R-Baton Rouge, and Richmond, D-New Orleans, sought after provision by… Read more »
If you're from Louisiana and you have a federal issue regarding water — whether it be the stuff you drink, the stuff that stinks, the stuff that flooded your living room or the stuff that's eating Louisiana alive — then you need to slate a visit with third-term Congressman Garret Graves.He engineered many of Louisiana's modern coastal restoration and protection laws, and, as a… Read more »
South Louisiana is on the front lines of the war against climate change, and now our region will have a strong and educated voice on the matter in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, whose district includes the northern portions of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, was named last week to a House committee on climate change.
"Energy production and consumption,… Read more »
Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves says he hopes to broaden the focus of a special House committee on climate change as he becomes its top Republican. Graves, who was named to the panel Thursday (Feb. 28), said the current climate debate centers on only part of the equation.
While protecting the environment is crucial, he said, lawmakers also should also focus on employment opportunities and… Read more »
LUTCHER — Funding for the West Shore Levee Project is locked down and no longer vulnerable to reallocation.That development became official last week when River Region leaders convened with state and federal interests to sign a partnering agreement.When reports of unobligated Corps of Engineer funds potentially being diverted to fund President Donald Trump's border wall project… Read more »
Gov. John Bel Edwards, Congressman Garret Graves and a host of local, state and federal officials gathered at the Pontchartrain Levee District office in Lutcher on Friday to mark an important milestone in the long-awaited West Shore Levee.They entered into a ceremonial partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that will allow construction to go forward in the spring of 2024 on… Read more »
