Press Releases
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – U.S. Representative Sam Graves spoke to the Missouri Conference on Transportation this afternoon in Jefferson City. Graves, the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highway and Transit, delivered the keynote address. The conference was organized by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and focused on various issues facing Missouri's transportation system.
KANSAS CITY, MO – U.S. Representative Sam Graves gave the following statement in response to the KCI renovation proposal released this morning. A team led by a Kansas City architecture firm and backed by members of the City Council offered an alternative to the KC Aviation Department's original proposal to restructure Kansas City International Airport into a single terminal at a cost of over $1 billion.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves today introduced a bill blocking funding for the executive orders announced by President Obama last week. H.R. 4379, the Defending Gun Rights against Executive Overreach Act, also ensures the President receives no federal funds to enforce additional executive actions on gun control introduced during his remaining time in office.
KANSAS CITY, MO – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06) announced 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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves spoke today in response to President Obama's National Address on combating ISIS. Graves is a member of the House Committee on Armed Services.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves issued the following statement after the House today passed the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, a 5-year reauthorization of federal highway programs. The legislation is the product of a compromise between previous House and Senate bills, and today's 359-65 vote represents an important final step before reauthorization can be signed into law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves issued the following statement after the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 passed the House this evening. The bill reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA), replacing No Child Left Behind, and is expected to be signed into law by President Obama in the coming weeks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves' amendment protecting the fleet of C-130H aircraft was adopted into law on Wednesday when President Obama signed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The amendment, which authorized $10 million toward the Air Force's plan to modernize and preserve the aircraft, was included in multiple versions of this year's NDAA bills that passed both the House and Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves today joined members of Missouri's Republican Congressional delegation in calling on Governor Jay Nixon to reject the relocation of Syrian refugees to Missouri. A copy of the letter is attached to this release.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves issued the following statement after the White House announced today that it was rejecting the application for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The XL project would have connected oil reserves in Alberta, Canada to existing pipeline in the Midwestern United States, increasing America's access to reliable energy sources.