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March 20, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, a U.S. Federal Claims Court found that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) gross mismanagement of the Missouri River led to five floods between 2007-2014. In response, Representative Sam Graves, (MO-06), is leading an effort to eliminate funding for the Army Corps' Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP).

March 6, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Sam Graves, (MO-6), issued the following statement after Secretary Chao testified before House Transportation Committee on the Administration's Infrastructure Proposal:

March 5, 2018

Kansas City, MO – Congressman Sam Graves, has announced the kickoff to his 2018 Congressional Art Competition. The U.S. House of Representatives sponsors the nationwide contest each spring. Since 1982, when the program first began, over 650,000 high school students across the country have participated.

February 16, 2018

WASHINGTON – Missouri U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, and Congressmen Sam Graves and Emanuel Cleaver II joined together to urge Harley-Davidson to reconsider plans to close their Kansas City Assembly Plant.

February 13, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Sam Graves, (MO-06), released the following statement after the White House unveiled their infrastructure plan:

December 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House and the Senate historically passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. U.S. Representative Sam Graves, (MO-6), released the following statement after voting in favor of tax reform:

December 18, 2017

Washington, D.C. – Last week, House and Senate negotiators released the final tax reform package, which maintained the tax-exempt status of private activity bonds (PABs).

December 15, 2017

KANSAS CITY, MO – U.S. Representative Sam Graves, (MO-06), announced the United States Military Service Academy nominations for students in Missouri's Sixth Congressional District. Each year, members of Congress are tasked with selecting qualified students from their respective districts to attend one of America's prestigious military academies.

December 13, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-6), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included funding for C-130H modernization for the Air National Guard 139th Airlift Wing in St. Joseph, Missouri.

December 1, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO6.), released the following statement after receiving notice from the US Postal Service that Missouri residents with Iowa addresses in Clark, Scotland, Schuyler and Putnam counties had finally been given Missouri addresses.