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February 27, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), House Small Business Committee Chairman, released the following statement on House passage of the ALERRT Act (H.R. 2804), which includes the Committee-sponsored Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act, by a vote of 236-179:

February 26, 2014

NOTE: Below are remarks as prepared for delivery by Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, on the House floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 2804, the Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency Act (ALERRT Act).

February 11, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Department of Labor announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew its controversial enforcement guidance regarding small family farms, Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) issued the following statement:

February 11, 2014

Bill includes no measure to cut spending

February 10, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), House Small Business Committee Chairman, released the following statement after the Administration's announcement that small businesses between 50 and 99 employees would be exempt from the employer mandate until 2016:

February 6, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) is asking the Inspector General (IG) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to look into crop insurance reviews of dozens of farmers in mostly Northeast Missouri. Graves sent a letter to USDA IG Phyllis Fong earlier this week urging her to investigate the matter.

February 4, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Following the release of a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which found that Obamacare will result in a loss of over two million full-time workers from the economy by 2017, Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Small Business C

January 30, 2014

Bill would allow children to remain on parents' plan until 26

January 28, 2014

Graves: "I hope the president will put down his pen, pick up his phone, and use it to call Congress sometime."