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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:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Small Business Committee Chairman, today released the following statement in support of the Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act (H.R. 3193), which will reform the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):

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). The ALERRT Act includes Congressman Graves' Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (H.R. 2542) as Title III of the bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, released the following statement on the Office of the Chief Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) report on the impact of the health care law on small business health care plans:

Bill includes no measure to cut spending

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:

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: