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Graves strikes familiar themes at Q&A
August 27, 2014
Tony Brown, Maryville Daily Forum
MARYVILLE, MO. — It's August, and for members of the U.S. Congress that means it's time to leave Washington for a few weeks and check in with the folks back home.
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Graves To Hold Town Hall Meeting Tomorrow
Kansas City, MO – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves will be continuing his listening tour with another in a series of town hall meetings, tomorrow, August 26, in Maryville.
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Graves To Hold Town Hall Meetings Next Week
Kansas City, MO – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves will be holding a series of town hall meetings next week, August 18 through August 21, in Bethany, Maysville, Unionville, Kirksville, Canton, Hannibal, and Monroe City.
Measure Focuses on Maintenance Backlog
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06) today introduced the No More Land Act aimed at slowing the rate at which the federal is acquiring land.
The federal government owns over a quarter of all United States land. This is more land than it is able to maintain; the National Park Service alone has a maintenance backlog over $12 billion. Yet, the federal government continues to acquire more land at an alarming rate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06) today welcomed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to Missouri by introducing H.R. 5034, the Stop the EPA Act. As Administrator McCarthy travels the state this week in an attempt to sell the Administration's radical agenda to farmers and property owners, Congressman Graves has offered comprehensive legislation to protect middle class families and small businesses from an out-of-control and aggressive EPA regulatory agenda.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06) today joined with 32 Members of Congress in a letter calling on President Obama to get serious about the crisis along America's border with Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06) made the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare violates employers' right to religious freedom:
"Today's ruling tells us what we already know: our big and ever-growing government is out of control, and Obamacare is far too overreaching and flawed to stand as law of the land. I'm pleased that the Court ruled in defense of our First Amendment rights under the Constitution."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06), House Small Business Committee Chairman, this week voted in support of several measures to lower gas prices, create good-paying jobs, and achieve long-term energy independence for the U.S.