BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana received today a preliminary allocation through FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) of $100 million to help prevent future hurricane, flood and other damages in the state. These funds build on top of record investments made recently including Graves' recent announcement of over $2.5 billion in hurricane protection, flood control and other… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives leadership released a three-week government funding bill that contains zero funding for Hurricane Ida or Southwest Louisiana recovery efforts, but $350 million to "address water contamination from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility" in Hawaii.Graves attempted to add several… Read more »
Since Hurricane Ida landfall, U.S. Congressman Garret Graves has worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to commit funds from September 2021 Graves-supported Hurricane Ida recovery legislation to Louisiana's most urgent needs. "Within one month of Hurricane Ida making landfall, we were able to pass a law with billions… Read more »
U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves and Steve Scalise released the following statements after a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) was signed today to advance the construction of Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection System. The PPA outlines how federal, state and local entities will move forward on the construction of this critical hurricane protection project."While this may just look… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives rejected his amendments to provide Hurricane Ida aid, delay the implementation of flood insurance increases through Risk Rating 2.0, fund fishery disaster impacts and others. "It is incredible that the U.S. House of Representatives votes to provide over $4,000,000,000… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves introduced eight amendments to the partisan, wishlist $4.6 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) legislation. His amendments would have redirected the funding toward Louisiana-specific needs that are a federal priority."This legislation is going to result in us paying more to heat and cool our homes, cost more to refuel our cars, and cause job losses in… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after voting yes on the U.S. House bill that ties hurricane recovery funding and the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to stopgap emergency government funding (CR). Unfortunately, the CR does not include a delay of Risk Rating 2.0. "As Louisianians struggle to put their lives and… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after voting yes on the U.S. House bill that ties hurricane recovery funding to stopgap emergency government funding. Initially, hurricane recovery funding was held hostage by the debt limit which was removed for a separate vote."We are exactly one month from Hurricane Ida making landfall and our efforts to… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves and Louisiana's Congressional Delegation are urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to speed up the completion of the Blue Roof Program. "The Blue Roof Program is moving way too slow. With tens of thousands of damaged roofs across south Louisiana during storm season, the Corps has to expedite getting these homes protected otherwise damages will be… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves issued the following statement after the U.S House of Representatives leadership released a government funding bill, with an undefined amount of Hurricane Ida recovery funding included, provided 45 minutes to review the legislation, then withdrew and replaced the bill with a new version (without notice)."I appreciate President Biden coming down to view the… Read more »
