Garret Graves
The Public Record
Garret Graves is a U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, serving since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Graves has focused on issues related to infrastructure, disaster recovery, and environmental policy. He has played a significant role in advocating for federal support for Louisiana's coastal restoration efforts and has worked on legislation aimed at improving the state's infrastructure resilience against natural disasters.
we are dependent upon China for 17 critical minerals today. Eighty percent of the rare earths we are dependent upon China for.
You stated that unsubsidized wind and solar (no ITC/PTC) are the cheapest forms of new energy.
Thank you very much for the opportunity for the certainly appropriate honoring of John Lewis.
the Biden climate plan, which largely reflects the one the committee put forth, it didn't include any labor representatives, any business representatives in the team that was devising that plan.
I believe that Mr. Huffman, Mr. Casten, and Mr. Levin all effectively accused us of not telling the truth.
I want to thank the ranking member for yielding. ``Quick, there is a global pandemic. Let's spend billions of dollars repairing fences, putting up new signs, and fixing toilets at our wildlife refuges, parks, and forests,'' said no one…
I want to introduce another dose of reality, something you have not heard many folks talk about today. Where is this money coming from? How are we paying for this initially--what is it?--$1.9 or $2.9 billion a year in mandatory spending…
I have expressed my frustration about the fact that so few Republican amendments have been allowed to even be debated, yet this is the one en bloc amendment. This is block G, and there are eight Republican amendments--eight--eight…
I appreciate the gentleman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to this debate now for several minutes, listening to all this talk, and it really is just incredible to me to listen to some of the things that are being…
I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Oregon, and I do consider him a friend because, oftentimes, over the past few years since I have been here, we have had the opportunity to sit down and engage on…
I believe we are approaching 1,500 days after the end of the appropriate 2017 period to actually have these documents available.
It seems reasonable that if folks are following the appropriate guidance coming from CDC or others, that there shouldn't be liability for complying with the best rules or the best information we have at the time.
I believe that there are racial injustices and inequities that we absolutely need to address as the U.S. Congress, and I do believe in some cases those are systemic.
I thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot) for his hard work; and I thank the chairwoman, as well, for working together in a bipartisan manner. But most importantly, I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy), my friend, for working…
the majority of this money by far is derived from off the coast of Louisiana.
the Land and Water Conservation Fund is an important part of the investment to preserve and protect some of these important resource areas across the United States.
We need to work in a bipartisan manner, and ensure that we focus on this particular issue, aviation travel, air travel, and ensure that we are making this experience as safe as possible.
It is also imperative that we continue to make improvements to the functioning of the Corps.
The importance of these waterways to Louisiana and the entire nation cannot be underestimated.
I look at the nutria, and I have to disagree with my friend from California. I feel like I see swamp rats on the floor all the time. But I do appreciate him bringing the actual species here to help folks understand what it is that we deal…





