U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed S. 3422, the Great American Outdoors Act, which now heads to the U.S. House for a vote.
"The fact that the Senate is prioritizing an enviro-bailout right now – amidst record unemployment, a pandemic and national civil unrest – is fascinating. This activist-led,… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following video and statement as the U.S. House of Representatives reauthorizes the bipartisan highway and infrastructure funding bill. Graves offered these opening remarks yesterday in the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing where consideration for the landmark legislation began and continues… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that Louisiana Highway 1 is receiving a $135 million grant from U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to construct approximately 8.3 miles of elevated highway from Leeville Bridge to Golden Meadow. Graves' amendment to the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act requires that projects which support national… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final rule that will help accelerate and promote the construction of important energy infrastructure across the United States while protecting our nation's waterways. The EPA final rule increases the transparency and efficiency of the Clean… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that The Corps of Engineers has awarded the first Comite Diversion Canal construction contract in 15 years. The $55,050,170 contract will include the construction of two new bridges, US 61 bridge and Kansas City Southern railroad bridge, and excavation and construction of the canal from US 61 to the Lilly Bayou Control… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced $40,563,208.73 of federal flood recovery resources to repair damages at Denham Springs Elementary School (DSES), Southside Elementary School (SES), Southside Junior High School (SJHS) and for system-wide school contents replacement needs resulting from Louisiana's Great Flood of 2016. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced Central Private School is receiving $10,043,000.86 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Grant as a result of damages to the school during the 2016 Flood. "Central Private gets to celebrate tomorrow night with a long overdue groundbreaking ceremony for their new campus – made possible by a recent law… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced $13,307,605 through six grants in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District.Louisiana State University (LSU) will receive $2,632,700 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Transportation Consortium of Southcentral States, which is authorized in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). The program… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that Louisiana will receive an additional $58,343,185 in fishery disaster funding to offset the impacts of the 2019 Bonnet Carre Spillway opening on Louisiana's fisheries and other impacts.
"After waiting an entire year, we finally have a chance to right some of the wrongs caused by last year's high river event. South… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement today regarding a $3,209,063 Center of Excellence Research Grant for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA)'s partnership with the Water Institute of the Gulf (the Water Institute). The grant is funded under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and… Read more »
