Episode Six | Deep Water: “Fighting FEMA ”

In this series of “Behind The Scenes”, Sheriff Jason Ard recounts the August 2016 flood in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The Sheriff sits down with former Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves as they discuss his fight in Washington to secure funding for this disaster and crash through the red tape, from securing housing for flood victims to ending the “duplication of benefits” clause with FEMA.

Timestamps
07:00 Finding Housing
16:00 D.C. red-tape
25:00 Protecting Families
30:00 Aftermath

Keywords
Livingston Parish,2016 flood,podcast,behind the scenes,louisiana,Garret Graves,