• Graves Seeks House Small Business Committee Chairmanship
    Nov 3, 2010  - House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) has released the following statement announcing his candidacy for the Chairmanship of the House Small Business Committee: “My Republican colleagues and I have made a Pledge to America that we will listen and enact a governing agenda th... More
  • Rural America Solutions Group Sends Follow-Up letter to Administrator Jackson on EPA’s Job-Killing Policies
    Oct 28, 2010  - House Rural America Solutions Group Co-chairs, Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK),  Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (R-WA), sent a letter today  to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Adminis... More
  • Graves: 1099 Reporting Rule has Stalled Small Business Growth in America
    Oct 26, 2010  - Despite repeated requests from House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) for information, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman continues to decline to provide any details about the planned implementation of the health care law’s 1099 reporting rule.  Thi... More
  • Graves Statement on September Unemployment Report
    Oct 8, 2010  - House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) has released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the economy shed 95,000 jobs in September: “For seventeen consecutive months, Americans have been faced with unemployment rates of above nine percent... More
  • Coffman Statement on September Unemployment Report
    Oct 8, 2010  - Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) released the following statement in response to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released this morning showing 95,000 jobs were lost in September and the national unemployment rate still remains at 9.6%: “The jobs report out today is further, although unneeded, pr... More
  • Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Encourages Small Business Attendance at SMART PROC 2010
    Oct 7, 2010  - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett encourages small business representatives to attend the eighth SMART PROC conference being held in conjunction with SMART – Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow  - on Friday, October 22 in Frederick, Maryland from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the FSK Holiday Inn... More
  • Graves Presses IRS Commissioner for Answers on 1099 Reporting Rule
    Oct 5, 2010  - Today, House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) sent a follow-up letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman regarding the planned implementation of 1099 reporting mandate in the health care law.  This mandate requires every business to file a 1099 fo... More
  • Forum Examines Impact of Job-Killing EPA Regulations on Rural America
    Sep 29, 2010  - Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Doc Hastings (R-WA), Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group, hosted a forum today entitled, “The EPA’s Assault on Rural America: How New Regulations and Proposed Legislation are Stifling Job Creation and Economic Growth.” Experts f... More
  • Luetkemeyer Highlights Concerns of EPA’s Ongoing Assault on Rural America
    Sep 29, 2010  - U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) and members of the Rural America Solutions Group today participated in a forum that focused on the destructive job-killing policies of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Democratic leadership in Congress. The EPA’s Assault on Rural America: How New Re... More
  • Graves Earns Guardian of Small Business Award
    Sep 24, 2010  - House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) has been awarded the National Federation of Independent Business’ (NFIB) “Guardian of Small Business Award” for the 111th Congress. “It’s an honor to be recognized by a group who works so hard for small business owners across America... More