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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Highways and Transit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Readiness, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Education

  • Attended, American University
  • Attended, Louisiana Tech University
  • Attended, University of Alabama

Professional Experience

  • Attended, American University
  • Attended, Louisiana Tech University
  • Attended, University of Alabama
  • Former Staff, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Former Staff, United States Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana
  • Former Staff, United States Senate Committee on Commerce
  • Former Staff, United States Senate Committee on Science and Transportation
  • Former Staff, United States Senator David Vitter of Louisiana
  • Former Staff, United States Senator John Breaux of Louisiana

Political Experience

  • Attended, American University
  • Attended, Louisiana Tech University
  • Attended, University of Alabama
  • Former Staff, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Former Staff, United States Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana
  • Former Staff, United States Senate Committee on Commerce
  • Former Staff, United States Senate Committee on Science and Transportation
  • Former Staff, United States Senator David Vitter of Louisiana
  • Former Staff, United States Senator John Breaux of Louisiana
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana, District 6, 2015-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana, District 6, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Highways and Transit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Readiness, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Member, Natural Resources Committee

Ranking Member, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Aviation

Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Member, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife

Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, American University
  • Attended, Louisiana Tech University
  • Attended, University of Alabama
  • Former Staff, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Former Staff, United States Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana
  • Former Staff, United States Senate Committee on Commerce
  • Former Staff, United States Senate Committee on Science and Transportation
  • Former Staff, United States Senator David Vitter of Louisiana
  • Former Staff, United States Senator John Breaux of Louisiana
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana, District 6, 2015-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana, District 6, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
  • Former Vice Chair, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, Environmental Protection Agency
  • Former Appointee, National Resource Damage Assessment, Gulf Cost
  • Former Chair, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Governor Bobby Jindal, 2008-2014
Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2020

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes

Congress Bills
Speeches

Fraud and Scam Reduction Act

Apr. 15, 2021Floor Speech
Articles

Electoral vote certification on January 6-7, 2021

Jan. 1, 1900

Congress convened a joint session on January 6-7, 2021, to count electoral votes by state and confirm the results of the 2020 presidential election. Graves voted against certifying the electoral votes from Pennsylvania. The House rejected the objection by a vote of 138-282.