A bill offered by Congressman Garret Graves (R-South Louisiana) to directly address the frustrations disaster victims experience regarding the status of federal assistance administered through FEMA earned approval today by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, moving it one step closer to passage in the House of Representatives. Graves worked with local flood victims and… Read more »
Week of March 14 Revisited – On the FloorOn Thursday, the House passed H.R. 1181, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, by a vote of 240-175 (See Roll Call #169). This legislation prohibits VA from considering any beneficiary who is assisted by a fiduciary as "mentally defective" without a magistrate or judicial authority ruling that the beneficiary is a danger to themselves or… Read more »
Week of March 7, 2017This Week Revisited – On the FloorOn Wednesday, the House passed H.R. 1301, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017, by a vote of 371-48 (See Roll Call #136). This legislation appropriates base discretionary funding for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2017 at a level of $516.1 billion. It also allocates $61.8 billion in Oversees Contingency… Read more »
This Week Revisited – On the FloorOn Wednesday, the House passed H.R. 998, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act, by a vote of 240-185. (See Roll Call #114). This legislation establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission, a bipartisan, fair mechanism for pulling back the layers of regulatory accumulation and getting rid… Read more »
US Congressman Graves (R – South Louisiana) released the following statement regarding the decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a 2015 ruling dismissing the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East suit:"The appeals court's decision to dismiss the suit -- just like the district court did -- was the right decision under the law. This has been nothing… Read more »
DENHAM SPRINGS – Congressman Garret Graves offered advice on how the Army Corp of Engineers should address the Comite River Diversion Canal."The Corps should watch from the stands as the state builds it so the Corps can see how to build a project," said Graves, who spoke Thursday at a meeting of the Denham Springs Kiwanis Club.The slow progress of the project, which first went on… Read more »
Tensions occasionally boiled over Thursday night as a divided crowd filled the Central Branch Library to hear Congressman Garret Graves give his take on various controversies of the new Trump administration, including the president's recent attempt to impose a travel ban on seven Middle East countries.Dressed casually with rolled up sleeves and an untucked shirt, Graves, R-Baton Rouge,… Read more »
The following was produced by FEMA and is being republished here by Congressman Graves as a courtesy.Feb. 15, 2017News ReleaseMobile Disaster Recovery Center to Open in Livingston Parish for Tornado SurvivorsBATON ROUGE, La. — A mobile disaster recovery center will open Thursday, Feb. 16, in Livingston Parish for homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage as a… Read more »
If you sustained property damage as a result of the Feb. 7 tornadoes and severe storms, register with FEMA. You may be eligible for federal and state disaster assistance to help you recover.
The presidential disaster declaration of Feb. 11 makes federal Individual Assistance available to eligible families and individuals in Livingston and Orleans parishes.
If you had storm damage, you… Read more »
Thursday, February 9th 2017, 10:10 pm CSTWritten by: Lee Zurik, Chief Investigative Reporter
Contributor: Tom Wright, Investigative Producer
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What do you have the right to see, as a citizen of this country? if a vote takes place that essentially gives away a public resource for nothing, should you see who votes yes and who votes no?
When we showed Congressman Garret Graves the… Read more »
