U.S. Representatives Garret Graves and Julia Letlow introduced an amendment to the Budget Reconciliation bill to include a permanent solution to eliminate retirement penalties for police officers, firefighters, teachers and other public servants. Their amendment would add the Social Security Fairness Act (currently 233 bipartisan cosponsors) to the multi-trillion dollar reconciliation… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) joined colleagues in a letter urging President Biden to reconsider policy positions that are delaying the movement of goods and services, idling our ports, causing bare shelves in stores and driving up costs. "This supply chain crisis was entirely preventable. Whether lingering COVID unemployment, incentivizing NOT working, vaccine-related… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves, the Ranking Member of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation, and U.S. Congressman Sam Graves, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure, wrote to President Biden to convey their concerns following reports that the White House is pressuring U.S. air carriers to require their employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by December 8,… Read more »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) opened a grant program today, with approximately $650 million in funding available, with financial assistance available to Louisiana's fishing industry. Graves has worked to provide assistance to Louisiana's seafood producers to help provide a helping hand through recent disasters."This is a lifeline given to some of our struggling fishing… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) congratulates Baton Rouge Magnet High School and Westdale Heights Academic Magnet for receiving this year's National Blue Ribbon designation. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps… 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. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is funding two research projects at LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The $1,578,543 in funding will support research efforts for breakthrough obesity treatments and will help design a pilot program demonstrating the role diet can play to slow aging and add… Read more »
The irresponsible U.S. Corps of Engineers' (Corps) planned budget announced by the Biden Administration threatens to further drive-up gasoline cost and worsen flooding in our communities. Specifically, in President Biden's budget, the Corps is prohibited from funding any project that could be construed as "lowering the cost of consumption" of gasoline and natural gas. In other words,… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves and U.S. Congresswoman Julia Letlow met with stakeholders in East Feliciana to address their limited access to reliable Internet service. There are billions of dollars in federal funding available that Graves and Letlow identified for citizens, schools, healthcare providers, and parish leaders to help improve Internet access in East Feliciana. Click here or… Read more »
After more than 40 years of study, the overdue, much needed, highly anticipated West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection Project has broken ground. The first part of the legislative breakthrough for the 18-mile levee project to protect portions of St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St. James parishes was achieved in 2016 when Graves inserted language in federal law to… Read more »
