Hurricane Ida Information and Resources

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met to debate the at least $3,500,000,000,000 ($3.5 trillion) spending package currently being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives that would expand social welfare programs while there are record unfilled jobs.The record deficit-creating bill includes funding for a $200 million luxury golf course and country club for… Read more »

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced two grant programs to assist agricultural stakeholders that have not received substantial federal financial assistance in response to COVID-19. There is $4,229,669 through the grant program available for Louisiana's fishing industry such as seafood processors.This funding is linked to COVID and the pandemic's impact on the impacted… Read more »

U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves and Steve Scalise are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay the implementation of the new National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate-setting program which is set to begin on October 1, 2021. When Phase I of Risk Rating 2.0 begins on October 1, new NFIP policies will be subject to a new set of rates, with the rate changes taking… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves is in Washington, D.C. today to advocate for the needs of Hurricane Ida impacted communities so they can get relief promptly. Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will amend the at least $3,500,000,000,000 ($3.5 trillion) spending package currently being considered by the U.S. House that would expand social welfare programs. Despite… Read more »

LOUISIANA – U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (LA-06) and Julia Letlow (LA-05) sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, asking her to address the functionality and efficiency of the agency's online relief portal, disasterassistance.gov. With Louisiana undertaking a massive rebuilding effort in the wake of Hurricane Ida, Graves and Letlow made their request to echo… Read more »

GOLDEN MEADOW, LA – Windell Curole, Executive Director of the South Lafourche Levee District, and the South Lafourche Levee District Board knew their levees needed to be higher and refused to take no for an answer. Curole and the levee district worked with the citizens of Lafourche Parish and the state of Louisiana to help invest in better hurricane protection projects for our… Read more »

LOUISIANA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves highlights Congress' misplaced priorities as Louisiana still recovers from Hurricane Ida. Graves highlights that Louisiana needs to prioritize real infrastructure and real recovery solutions – both of which, are in the best interest of the state and America. Click here or above to watch the video.Text of the video below:"I am… Read more »

LOUISIANA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after 10 additional parishes were included in the Blue Roof Program. The congressional members asked earlier this week for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reevaluate its determination of eligibility for certain parishes for the… Read more »

LOUISIANA – U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves and Steve Scalise are calling upon Secretary Deb Haaland of the U.S. Department of the Interior to help get offshore energy production online as quickly as possible. This will help to avoid gasoline price spike, address fuel shortages and reduce our dependence upon foreign energy. Read the full letter here or below:Dear Secretary… Read more »

LOUISIANA – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) is calling for the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to immediately declare a "Fishery Disaster Determination" due to both the biological resources and fishery infrastructure sustaining major damage related to Hurricane Ida.DOC is able to declare the disaster provided by the provisions within the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery… Read more »