U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office will be reimbursed $2,242,377 in response to the 2016 Flood and emergency housing solution for Livingston Parish sheriff deputies. This grant is the result of an amendment Graves offered after the federal government proved they could not adequately, inexpensively or efficiently respond to… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today 11 grants, totaling $5,183,666, awarded this week from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). More information can be found below with awarded grants listed by agency.U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC): Recipient: South Central… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) inserted two amendments in the multi-agency appropriations bill the House passed last week that are the congressman's latest action to deliver relief to Louisiana's remaining 2016 Duplication of Benefits (DoB) flood victims who are still excluded from available RESTORE program funding. H.R. 7617 – FY21 Minibus #2 now awaits action in… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a number of Louisiana-centric priorities advanced by Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and included in the six-bill appropriations package the House passed today to fund the Department of Defense, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and Water, Financial Services, Labor-HHS-Education, and Transportation-HUD. Graves successfully influenced… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) secured several provisions that will advance Louisiana's flood control, ports, inland waterways, hurricane protection, coastal restoration and other infrastructure priorities in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA). Graves, as a member of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is positioned to advance the… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) spoke out today against H.R. 1957 – the Great American Outdoors Act before voting no on its' final passage in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A full video of Graves' remarks can also be found here.
Graves also spoke about the offshore revenues, oil and gas production specifically, serving as the main source of funds for… Read more »
U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves, Steve Scalise and Cedric Richmond secured a major win yesterday that would allow the State to renegotiate the payment agreement for the Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS). That project, which includes levees, floodwalls, gated structures and pump stations, was put in place following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to prevent future… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) has a slate of provisions on the table to advance Louisiana's ports, inland waterways, flood protection, restoration and other water-related infrastructure priorities as the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considers the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA) later this morning. Graves' staunch advocacy for… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today a $195,277 Direct Component Grant to Lafourche Parish for non-construction activities for the Grand Bayou Freshwater Reintroduction Phase II and III Project.The project is for planning and design activities (final modeling, technical report, final engineering and design of the project and gathering of BAS information) for a… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has officially entered into a Construction Management at Risk (CMAR) contract with the company the state agency has selected to build three new bridges in East Baton Rouge Parish as part of the Comite River Diversion Canal project.DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson, Ph. D, signed the CMAR contract Monday,… Read more »
