U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) highlights the Biden Administration’s flawed implementation of historic law changes designed to streamline permitting for infrastructure. Testimony during the hearing before the House Committee on Natural Resources affirmed the bi-partisan and bi-cameral opposition to the White House’s new environmental review… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced the following key Louisiana projects received funding that will address our dredging, levee, flood protection and infrastructure priorities. The work plan is the regular release of how the Army Corps will be funding its projects, after the passage of the annual congressional spending bill.
Nearly $600 million in… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (West Virginia) and Dan Sullivan (Alaska) announced today their plans to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the NEPA Phase II Final Rule.
“The NEPA Phase II rule is a blatant violation of the actual bipartisan agreement that we negotiated and President Biden signed… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) issued the following statement in response to the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) announcement of a final National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rule:
“The new NEPA rule undeniably violates the bipartisan agreement that President Biden signed into law last year,” said Graves. “It is completely misguided and further… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced that the State of Louisiana and several coastal Louisiana parishes will receive $156,329,442.65 in the Gulf of Mexico (GOMESA) energy revenues which are awarded to the four Gulf offshore oil and gas-producing states. The law was drafted and negotiated by Graves. Louisiana’s state constitution requires that the revenues from… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today he secured $575 million in reallocated federal spending to address the inflation-induced funding shortfalls affecting the Comite Flood Control Project and West Shore Hurricane Protection Project. Graves’ funding is included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 that was finalized after lengthy… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that Lafourche Parish will be reimbursed by FEMA $1,152,303.75 for facility damage costs incurred due to Hurricane Ida.
“It’s been three years since Hurricane Ida’s landfall and our communities are still feeling the impact. Lafourche Parish acted quickly to mitigate the severe damage caused by Hurricane Ida, and… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (Louisiana) released the following statement in response to the passage of H.R. 7023 – the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The legislation, offered by U.S. Congressman David Rouzer (North Carolina), builds upon earlier permitting reform modernizations signed into… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves’ legislation to restore America’s energy independence has advanced through the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee.
“The Biden Administration keeps breaking records – they’ve blocked new American offshore energy projects, proposed fewer offshore oil and gas leases than any President in history, and forced every American to… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves, Chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee, released the following statement upon passage of the bipartisan Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act. The legislation will reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years. It was passed by the U.S. House… Read more »
