$1.4 BILLION IN NEW FUNDING More than $600 million for Comite & EBR Flood Projects; Up to $2.0 billion available for Capital Region flood protection; $760 million for West Shore Hurricane ProtectionCongressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today one of the largest flood protection investments in Louisiana history -- nearly $3 billion in federal funding for priority flood… Read more »
Yesterday Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) and Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) introduced the Creating Opportunity and Sustainability Through Science (COASTS) Act, which will help ensure that our coastal communities are more resilient and sustainable in the face of coastal degradation.Specifically, this legislation: Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through NOAA, to develop and carry out… Read more »
Houma-Thibodaux area congressman is praising President Donald Trump's proposal to move the Army Corps of Engineers out of the Department of Defense.Rep. Garret Graves, Baton Rouge, has long criticized the corps, a key agency responsible for hurricane protection and levee work in Louisiana, as slowing progress through excessive bureaucracy and permit requirements.Trump's sweeping proposal… 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) advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week as provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill.With more than 100 co-sponsors, support for the SNAP Reform Act amounted to a groundswell of members who advocated… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves deserves recognition for taking aim at a mighty federal bureaucracy.
After years of watching the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, any south Louisiana resident might give up hope of ever seeing the agency functioning efficiently and with purpose for the good of the people and the environment.
But Graves, a Baton Rouge Republican who represents parts of Terrebonne… Read more »
Most functions of the Army Corps of Engineers, including oversight of hurricane and river levees, coastal wetland permitting and river navigation in Louisiana, would be transferred to the departments of Interior and Transportation under a Trump administration plan announced Thursday to completely restructure the federal government.The corps now handles what are called "civil works"… 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 »
Congressman Garret Graves (R – South Louisiana) released the following statement in support of the White House's release of Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations today, which recommends moving the US Army Corps of Engineers out of the Department of Defense:"We need our Department of Defense focusing on national security… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (R – South Louisiana) made the following remarks today after meeting with President Trump, Vice President Pence and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen at the White House, and following the president's signing of the executive order, Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation:"I had a good meeting today with President… Read more »
Washington D.C. (LOCAL 33) (FOX 44) - Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves met with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson regarding the urgent need for solutions to fix ongoing deficiencies that hinder Restore Louisiana.The state-run program has been slow to disburse the 1.7 billion federal disaster recovery dollars appropriated by Congress after the… Read more »
