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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:
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).
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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:
Bill includes no measure to cut spending
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:
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.
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
Bill would allow children to remain on parents' plan until 26
Graves: "I hope the president will put down his pen, pick up his phone, and use it to call Congress sometime."