Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) announced today $650,000 of federal assistance from the United States Department of Justice to help provide local law enforcement officials with needed resources after Sunday’s deadly, ambush attack on law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.“We are grateful for these much needed resources just days into what will be a long recovery… Read more »
Watch the videos below to hear how Congressman Graves responded to questions about the the recent police shootings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. WAFB MSNBC FOX Read more »
I am sorry to the families of the officers killed and injured today, and our prayers are with them.The violent attacks on our law enforcement are disgusting and do not represent who we are as a community, city or nation. This is senseless hatred, plain and simple. These types of actions provide no productive path forward. In the immediate days following the Alton Sterling shooting, we… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves joined Jim Engster to talk about his recent bill with Congressman Cedric Richmond to help law enforcement deal with confrontational citizens. Listen to the interview here. Read more »
Louisiana Congressmen Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) and Cedric Richmond (D-New Orleans) introduced legislation today in response to the recent officer-involved shooting in Baton Rouge. The bi-partisan bill offers state and local law enforcement officers voluntary access to new non-lethal technologies to help protect the public. "No one wants death and violence in our… Read more »
A local congressman has begun an effort to modernize the process of government oil and gas lease sales, and he should be commended.U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, introduced a bill that would move those oil and gas lease sales online, taking advantage of technology that the whole world uses.“In the real world, work gets done online — that's why I introduced this… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on H.R. 5577, introduced by Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), the “Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act.” H.R. 5577, a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), modernizes the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) offshore leasing process through the use of internet-based oil… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation today in the US House of Representatives to bring fairness, transparency and accountability to the federal regulatory system – the PROVE IT Act of 2016. “Regulations are effectively a hidden tax. Billions of dollars that our businesses and manufacturers could be using to boost wages and grow jobs are being… Read more »
The House Committee on Natural Resources today approved Congressman Garret Graves' (R-LA) legislation to transfer management of the Gulf red snapper fishery away from the federal government to the five Gulf States. Read more »
June is upon us, bringing with it the things we love about summer in South Louisiana: longer days, snowballs, cicadas buzzing in the background and maybe a family trip to the beach. It’s also the time of year to keep a watchful eye on the Gulf of Mexico as we’re making plans to beat the heat – June is the official start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Despite the… Read more »
