Press Releases
Transportation Committee Hearing Sets the Stage for Long Term Highway Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, released the following statement after Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx appeared before the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This was the Committees first hearing of the year on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill, also referred to as the Highway Bill.
Sam Graves Statement on Bipartisan Hearing to Protect North Missourians from Overreaching Federal Agency
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves released the following statement after participating in a joint hearing by the House and Senate on the impact of the Administration's proposed ‘Waters of the United States' rule to further expand federal regulations onto private property under the Clean Water Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House General Aviation Caucus Co-Chairs Sam Graves (R-MO) and Marc Veasey (D-TX) today announced the reorganization of the bipartisan House General Aviation Caucus for the 114th Congress. The Caucus begins the new Congress with 222 members, giving it a strong majority in the House of Representatives.
KANSAS CITY, MO – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves announced he has nominated several north Missouri students to the United States Service Academies.
"I am both honored and proud to nominate these students," said Graves. "They have proven they can excel both in and out of the classroom. They are all well-rounded individuals that will continue to make the Sixth District extremely proud."
The following students from across north Missouri received nominations:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves released the following statement in response to President Obama's annual State of the Union Address:
"The American people spoke loud and clear this past November in opposition to President Obama's failed policies of the last six years," said Rep. Graves. "The American people sent us here to forge a new direction in finding solutions to the problems facing our nation," he continued. "Tonight, the President has once again shown that he plans to ignore the will of the people in order to push his big government agenda."
WASHINGTON – Members of U.S. Congressman Sam Graves' staff will be holding Mobile Office stops. Graves' Mobile Office will tour the district giving constituents the opportunity to speak with a member of his staff.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves made the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which stops President Obama's executive amnesty order.
WASHINGTON – Representative Sam Graves released the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan Regulatory Accountability Act, which brings much needed accountability to the Federal rulemaking process and requires agencies to consider the economic impact of proposed rules.