U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives rejected his amendments to provide Hurricane Ida aid, delay the implementation of flood insurance increases through Risk Rating 2.0, fund fishery disaster impacts and others. "It is incredible that the U.S. House of Representatives votes to provide over $4,000,000,000… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves introduced eight amendments to the partisan, wishlist $4.6 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) legislation. His amendments would have redirected the funding toward Louisiana-specific needs that are a federal priority."This legislation is going to result in us paying more to heat and cool our homes, cost more to refuel our cars, and cause job losses in… Read more »
DONALDSONVILLE, LA - Cutting off Bayou Lafourche from the Mississippi River in 1903 has cost us millions to fix. Recently, a modernized pump station at the top of Bayou Lafourche received the final U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) permit to advance the Bayou Lafourche Mississippi River Re-Introduction and Pumping Capacity Improvement Project in Donaldsonville. This project is a top priority of the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District. Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (LA-06) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week nearly $1 billion of infrastructure grants through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) federal grant program. (Formerly known as "BUILD" and "TIGER" grants.) Louisiana's sole share of which is $18.5 million for… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves and U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids passed bipartisan legislation through the U.S. House today that would promote innovation and growth in American aviation. The legislation, the Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act (H.R. 1339), previously passed through the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of which both Graves and… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) sent a letter today urging the Corps of Engineers to execute the investment of nearly half a billion federal dollars in the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane protection project – the largest investment in the project's history, which Graves fought to secure in the government funding bill enacted on September 30, 2021. "The landfall of… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement ahead of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council meeting today where $20 million in federal funding is set to be officially dedicated to flood prevention and drainage projects. The council initially voted in June 2021 to approve the budget for drainage projects with $20 million from federal funding. These drainage projects,… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves, member of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement after an extra $65,072,864 in federal funding was awarded to Louisiana for transportation and infrastructure projects. These announced funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) build on top of the $1 billion in new grants, formula funding and… 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 (South Louisiana) announced three fire districts were forgiven the outstanding balances of Community Disaster Loans (CDLs) incurred after the 2016 Flood. The loan forgiveness Graves fought for was included in the stopgap emergency government funding passed in the U.S. House earlier this month which included Hurricane Ida recovery funding. Read more »
