Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Republican Conference, and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) joined in calling for improving the safety of America’s public transportation systems, following a roundtable meeting on the issue today held by T&I’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

KANSAS CITY, MO — Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) presented military service medals that he was able to recover to the family of a Northwest Missouri veteran. Graves presented medals to the family of William Edgar Taul for his role in WWII. Mr. Taul served in the US Army, beginning in 1944.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) introduced the Rails to Trails Landowner Rights Act today. The bill strengthens landowner rights to stop federal land seizures. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders introduced legislation in the U.S. House that would provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal disaster assistance programs in decades. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced that the Highway 54 Shared Four-Lane Project has received a nearly $25 million BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) Grant. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) released the following statement after voting for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:

Washington, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, has announced several senior leadership changes in his office and at the Transportation Committee, all with Missouri ties.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) reintroduced the bipartisan Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act to help struggling rural hospitals stay open and continue serving their communities.