BusinessInsiderPolitics The money is there so Graves wonders why flood projects are taking so long By Stephanie Riegel - August 19, 2021 An aerial photo of Baton Rouge during the August 2016 flood. (File photo) FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, is trying to keep the pressure on state officials to get money from the $1.2 billion Louisiana Watershed Initiative flowing to flood mitigation projects in the Capital Region. Already an INSIDER? Sign in.