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Senate Passes Water Resources Development Act of 2024
December 18, 2024
Today Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) commended the U.S. Senate for approving the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), legislation to improve the nation’s ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. The measure was previously approved by the House on Decembe... More
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Graves Statement on Being Selected by Steering Committee to Chair Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
December 12, 2024
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement after being recommended by the Republican Steering Committee to continue serving as Chairman in the 119th Congress: “I am honored and humbled to be selected by my Steering Committee colleagues to serve as Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman for the 119th Congress. Over the last two years, our committee has worked hard to pass a number of major infrastructure bills, including t... More
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Chairmen Sam Graves & Garret Graves Statements from Hearing on Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
December 11, 2024
Opening remarks, as prepared, of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Garret Grav... More
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House Approves Water Resources Development Act, Sending Bill to Senate for Final Approval
December 10, 2024
Today the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), legislation to improve the nation’s ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. The measure approved today is the House Amendment to S. 4367, the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024, which is the bipartisan, bicameral product of several months of negotiations between House ... More
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What They Are Saying: Broad Stakeholder Support for WRDA
December 9, 2024
Today the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the Water Resources Development Act: bipartisan, bicameral legislation that authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Civil Works Program for projects to improve the nation’s ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of our water resources infrastructure. Specifically, the House will take up the House Amendment to S. 4367, the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development ... More