• Small Biz Straight Talk
    Dec 18, 2009  - Small Business Friends - The House has completed its work for the year.  It has been an extremely challenging year especially for our small business owners.  While there have been some positive legislative initiatives from our Committee, the majority leadership in the House has continued to push a... More
  • Small Biz Straight Talk
    Dec 11, 2009  - News from Ranking Member Sam Graves and Committee Republicans: (Please send any member media activity to angela.landers@mail.house.gov) • Ranking Member Sam Graves in Missouri’s St. Joe News Press: “Obama plans tax cuts; some skeptical” • Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland (R-GA) “The bailout that never en... More
  • Small Biz Straight Talk
    Dec 4, 2009  - News from Ranking Member Sam Graves and Committee Republicans: (Please send any member media activity to angela.landers@mail.house.gov) • Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) in Missouri’s St. Joe News Press: “Estate tax opponents speak out” and “Estate tax measure passes House” • Ranking Member ... More
  • House-Passed Estate Tax Bill would Harm Small Businesses
    Dec 3, 2009  - H.R. 4154, passed today by the House of Representatives, did not consider that many small businesses are capital intensive.  At a recent House Small Business Committee hearing on the estate tax, a witness testified that printing companies, which are often family-owned, frequently have large investme... More
  • President Obama Kicks Off White House Main Street Tour While Continuing His Anti-Business Agenda
    Dec 3, 2009  - Tomorrow, President Obama will visit Allentown, Pennsylvania to kick off a White House Main Street Tour that will take him across the country to speak about ideas for economic recovery.  Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) of the House Small Business Committee released the following statement:  I app... More
  • Small Biz Straight Talk
    Nov 20, 2009  - News from Ranking Member Sam Graves and Committee Republicans: (Please send any member media activity to angela.landers@mail.house.gov) • Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) in Government Executive: “GAO finds extensive fraud in disabled veteran-owned small biz program” • Ranking Member Sam Graves... More
  • "Oversight of the SBA and its Programs"
    Nov 19, 2009  - Opening Statement for Hearing on Oversight of the Small Business Administration and its Programs Sam Graves Ranking Member Committee on Small Business United States House of Representatives Washington, DC  November 19, 2009 I would like to thank the Chairwoman for holding this important he... More
  • Oversight Hearing Catches $100 Million of Fraud in Small Business Veterans' Program
    Nov 19, 2009  - Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that uncovered over $100 million of fraud and abuse in the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) contracting program at the Small Business Administration (SBA).  This morning the House Small Business Committee held a... More
  • Lawmakers Call Upon Agencies to Cut Red Tape on Recovery Act Broadband Expansion Grants for Small Businesses
    Nov 17, 2009  - A bipartisan group of 21 lawmakers on the House Small Business Committee wrote the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) and Rural Utilities Service (RUS) today, asking the agencies to lower barriers so small businesses can participate in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Ac... More
  • Small Business Owners Could Be Mandated to Pay Employees' H1N1 Sick Leave
    Nov 16, 2009  - Today, Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee Sam Graves (R-MO) and House Small Business Committee Member Glenn Thompson (R-PA) sent a letter to Chairman George Miller (D-CA) and Ranking Member John Kline (R-MN) of the Education and Labor Committee expressing their concerns about manda... More