WEST BATON ROUGE, La. (LOCAL 33)(FOX 44) - Rep. Garret Graves (R- La.) focused on infrastructure and flood prevention while speaking at the West Baton Rouge Parish Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday.Graves said there is a transportation crisis in the Baton Rouge area."We cannot continue to live in transportation infrastructure that was meant for the 1960's and 70's. We need… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced legislation today directly impacting Louisiana's flood protection, maritime, coastal, environmental and other water resources-related interests.The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018 is comprehensive legislation that authorizes a majority of the nation's water… Read more »
In today's DC Current, US Congressman Garret Graves talked about moving the US Army Corps Of Engineers into another cabinet level department, and on bringing back the Farm Bill.Click here to listen. Read more »
Louisiana's in the process of getting its first share of federal offshore oil revenue earmarked for Gulf states. It's the first such revenue pot which amounts to $188 million to the four states. The state will get $82 million to the state, which has already been assigned to help rebuild coastal restoration projects.The 2006 Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act law set up the formula to… Read more »
Louisiana's Congressional delegation is working to reform laws to help victims recover from natural disasters. Listen here: http://wrkf.org/post/congressman-graves-seeks-fix-duplication-benefits-policy Representative Garret Graves has a bill that would fix the duplication of benefits policy. Many flooded homeowners who got an SBA… Read more »
The federal farm bill, a periodic and sprawling reauthorization of an array of government agricultural and rural development programs, is facing a growing battle on Capitol Hill over proposals to stiffen work requirements for food stamp recipients.The Republican draft of the farm bill would increase work and training requirements on adults receiving benefits from the federal Supplemental… Read more »
A raft of changes to federal disaster policy, including a number directly affecting those hit by the 2016 Louisiana floods, are now sitting before the U.S. Senate for the second time in the past six months after clearing the House of Representatives.
The changes include a slew of tweaks Louisiana's congressional delegation — as well as state and parish officials back home —… 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 »
As many as 10,000 flooded homeowners in Louisiana who have been hampered in rebuilding by eligibility restrictions on federal aid dollars could access up to $120 million in grants due to a recent change in federal law, state officials say.But the extent to which homeowners will be able to benefit, state officials say, depends on how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development… Read more »
