Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – House Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves issued the following statement after his legislation, the Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility (E-BRIDGE) Act passed the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support on Thursday. The E-BRIDGE Act will now head to the Senate for further consideration.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Graves joined 146 of his Republican colleagues in introducing the Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition Act to ban the Biden Administration from making settlement payments to illegal immigrants for claims arising from their illegal entry.
WASHINGTON, DC – Following the Biden Administration's announcement of sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandates for American workers and businesses, Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. - Republican Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a roundtable today with stakeholders from various points in the supply chain.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) joined 43 of his Republican colleagues in writing U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning the Administration’s plan to offer $450,000 payments to some illegal immigrants for “lasting psychological drama” they encountered while illegally entering our country.
WASHINGTON, DC – Bipartisan bills to address red tape and enable the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to better prepare for and respond to disasters cleared the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today.
Washington, D.C. - House Republicans, led by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR), urged President Biden to immediately reconsider radical partisan policies that are making already growing U.S. supply chain issues significantly worse.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO) introduced the Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster (SPEED) Recovery Act to help small communities recover from disasters more quickly by allowing more small recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures—giving communities more control and more tools to rebuild and recover.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves joined 50 of his colleagues this week in urging the Social Security Administration to reopen their Field Offices across the country.