Today, the U.S. House of Representatives advanced a bill by Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Program. H.R. 4275 is a five-year reauthorization that Graves and lead cosponsor Rep. Cedric Richmond introduced last year, encouraging the continued success of Lake Pontchartrain and adjacent lakes and waterways, and the basin's communities,… Read more »
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) announced today that an important hurdle has been cleared to advance the Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection System. At their urging, $1.25 million in federal funds will be reallocated to revise the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection project designs to reflect the construction progress and… Read more »
It would appear that the statement continually uttered by Congressman Garret Graves, that 'disaster recovery is six times more expensive than disaster prevention,' has hit the right ears. President Donald Trump signed into law a $28 billion block grant through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). While Graves is not pleased with the amount of time it took to get the… Read more »
This is the second announcement of FEMA grants to schools in the 6th Congressional District this week.Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a federal grant totaling $2,806,758.53 to the Ascension Parish School Board for Galvez Primary School for the replacement of… Read more »
Being a member of the United States Congress is no easy task.The job requires capitulation and team work with 434 other members which come from a variety of backgrounds, including sex, age, race, political affiliation, ability to process information – well, you get the idea.Many times, the fight for something that seems so common sense and appropriate for any given area seems… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a federal grant totaling $1,215,843.12 to Cristo Rey Baton Rouge Franciscan High School. The funds will reimburse Cristo Rey for repairs related to the 2016 flood. "Schools are the cornerstone of just about every community in… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves is pointing to recovery hurdles Louisiana faced in the wake of historic flooding in 2016 and other recent disasters in arguing for a major overhaul in how federal long-term recovery efforts are handled. But he's not a fan of a proposal that's making its way through Congress currently.WATCH VIDEO: The U.S. House voted 290-118 in favor of advancing to the Senate a… Read more »
Baton Rouge Business Report TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2019 | By Stephanie RiegelU.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, has secured $7 million to complete the extension of a key taxiway at New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport. The taxiway runs in front of the new terminal at the airport and is needed to help facilitate air traffic into and out of the new facility, which is on… Read more »
In August 2016, a slow-moving storm pummeled southern Louisiana for several days, inundating some areas with upwards of 30 inches of rain, ravaging the region with widespread flooding and record-high river swells.
Registering as a 500-year event, the floods displaced thousands who would eventually return to irrevocable damage and to a situation that called for swift action from federal… Read more »
FEMA is delaying a sweeping overhaul of flood insurance rates by one year, after the planned changes sparked concerns in Congress about premium hikes.
The agency said its Risk Rating 2.0 initiative will be implemented on Oct. 1, 2021, rather than Oct. 1, 2020 — a move that takes off the table a potential spike in rates for homeowners in the run-up to next November's… Read more »
