Press Releases
Washington, D.C. - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R- MO) and Committee Republicans led a roundtable on the Energy Crisis this week, during which energy stakeholders highlighted challenges in safely and efficiently moving sufficient levels of American energy.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) celebrated the House passing his Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster (SPEED) Recovery Act today by an overwhelming 414-11 vote. The legislation updates FEMA’s small project threshold to allow more projects—particularly in small rural communities—to move forward under a simplified approval process.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) joined Representatives Tracey Mann, Jason Smith, Bob Latta, and a bipartisan coalition of more than 70 members of Congress in introducing a resolution recognizing the important role of the stepped-up basis in preserving family farms and small businesses.
WASHINGTON, DC – Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) led Republicans in the House as the chamber passed the bipartisan Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act this week. |
Washington, D.C. - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) statement on the passing of Congressman and former Committee Chairman Don Young:
WASHINGTON, DC – Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) led House Republicans today in demanding the Biden Administration rescind its arbitrary extension of the federal transportation mask mandate. |
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) celebrated the inclusion of nearly $225 million for small caliber ammunition funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) defense omnibus appropriations package passed by the House of Representatives. The funding will help preserve jobs at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, which employs roughly 1,700 workers in eastern Jackson County in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District. |
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WASHINGTON, DC – Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today joined Highways and Transit Subcommittee Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) and other Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans to ask the Biden administration to rescind guidance intended to delay or deter critical road and highway expansion projects in clear defiance of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). |
Washington, D.C. – Today House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu requesting all documents and communications related to the $1.2 trillion in taxpayer dollars authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).