Garret Graves
@garretgraves
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Baton Rouge native • Proud husband & dad • Fmr Congressman proudly serving #LA06 • Fmr Chair of Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority
Baton Rouge, LA
Joined May 2012
Just because a federal program or institution has been around for decades, doesn’t mean it deserves taxpayer dollars.
"Not my program!". @danaperino and @garretgraves discuss the Department of Government Efficiency's plan to slash funds and mitigate outcries. Perino on Politics:
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A little less than 2 hours till the polls close in Iowa. Rep @garretgraves, Bruce and I encourage you to VOTE!
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Those hands have waved their way through successful campaigns and passed common sense legislation. Glad to work with a good friend @millermeeks #GoVote #GeauxVote.
Rep @garretgraves and I in Pella reminding people leaving work to vote! Loved the honking, waving and thumbs up!
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Strong Rep. Great partner in the House. @marcmolinaro #NY19 is a difference maker who gets results. #GoVote!.
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The chief sponsors, Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, and Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, by Thursday evening had acquired enough signatures — half the House — on what is called a "discharge petition" that forces a floor vote.
nola.com
HR 82 would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision, called WEP, and the Government Pension Offset, or GPO, sections of the Social Security law that curbed benefits for about 2.8 million public...
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We have folks whose Social Security benefits had been reduced by two-thirds as a result,” Graves says. “This reduction has caused people — retirees — to have to be dependent upon social welfare programs like food stamps in order to make ends meet.
louisianaradionetwork.com
Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves teams up with one of his Democratic colleagues to bypass Speaker Mike Jo...
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Bureaucracy is often the disaster after the disaster, which is why cooperation is so necessary. It's why we obsess over disaster details and sometimes ball up our fists when response and recovery goes Cat 5.
theadvocate.com
Congress remains deadlocked on the budget as Francine churns toward the Louisiana coast.
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Live updates: Hurricane Francine strengthens in Gulf, takes aim at Louisiana
theadvocate.com
Here's the latest on Francine for Wednesday.
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Congrats Joe Mustachia on hanging your amazing work in the Gov’s Super Dome Suite. You made LA proud at the 2022 Washington Mardi Gras - “Louisiana: America’s Foreign Country.”
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Thank you to heroic law enforcement and Secret Service for quick action.
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I wonder how Mexico would respond if we applied the Russian “security” criteria to the U.S.-Mexico border? Brazil, Mexico and Colombia say no to peace and yes to Putin
thehill.com
Although 80 world democracies rejected that approach, the largest democracies of Latin America looked atomized, small, and faint-hearted in the face of a great and extraordinary threat to humanity …
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The fabric that made Whitney Houston immortal. I'll stand every day for Old Glory and the service members who keep her flying. Happy Flag Day! #FlagDay
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