U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced that Louisiana and parishes will receive a $111,822,094.65 share of over $252 million in the FY 2021 Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) energy revenues that the four Gulf oil and gas producing states will receive. Of the revenues, the State of Louisiana will receive $89,457,675.71 while the coastal parishes receive $22,364,418.94."Every… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced today that $16,664,881.40 in federal funding, as a result of Hurricane Ida, is headed to south Louisiana from FEMA.Projects below: To Establish Temporary School Facilities: RECIPIENT: Terrebonne Parish School Board FEMA SHARE: $11,606,725.80 TOTAL PROJECT COSTS: $12,896,362Funding for Debris Removal: RECIPIENT: St. John the Baptist Parish FEMA… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge urging that Lafourche, Terrebonne, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John and other parishes receive recovery funding directly. Under the current allocation, only the City of Baton Rouge will receive 2021 disaster funds directly. In addition, Graves expressed concern… Read more »
It's good news, but we now face a bureaucratic nightmareGraves asked HUD Secretary for status of funds on January 6, 2022U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released a supplemental statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) updated today their announced $1.3 billion Louisiana hurricane and flood allocation and the process on how it will be distributed. HUD later… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement regarding $1,287,770,000 allocated today related to natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. These Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds are from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). So far, only $600 million of $5 billion had been allocated for those impacted by Louisiana's… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) attempted to add amendments to the U.S. House government funding bill in an effort to create accountability and improve the bill. Graves' amendments would have ensured Louisiana's disaster recovery, flood insurance and other priorities were addressed.Graves introduced the below amendments: An amendment that would have required the FEMA… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement:"The White House asked for tens of billions for COVID response, disaster response in other countries and assistance to Ukraine. Meanwhile, they included ZERO for Louisiana's hurricane recovery efforts in the funding bill today. "In September of last year, we provided a downpayment on recovery funds for those affected by… Read more »
Louisiana's Congressional Delegation is working to obtain more federal resources to address the needs of those impacted by Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta and Ida. We respectfully request swift action to make good on the promise of the down payment in the September Continuing Resolution and appropriate additional supplemental funding dollars for unmet needs in Louisiana.The three main asks… Read more »
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing with FEMA emergency management personnel to discuss their perspectives on reforms the agency should prioritize this year.
Louisiana Congressmen Garret Graves and Troy Carter, as members of the committee, used the opportunity to draw attention to FEMA's challenges throughout Hurricane Ida recovery efforts and issues that… Read more »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $4,229,669 will be made available in grants for Louisiana's seafood processors. Louisiana received the second-highest amount of the $50 million allotments. This funding is linked to COVID and the pandemic's impact on the impacted fishing industry. For example, because of the shutdown of restaurants and lowered capacities in businesses,… Read more »
