Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, today introduced a resolution to designate a Small Business Saturday and express support for America's 28 million small businesses.
Washington D.C. – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves was sworn in to the new term of Congress that began Thursday. Graves now officially represents the 36 counties of Missouri's Sixth Congressional District in Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) issued the following statement regarding the passing of former Congressman Ike Skelton:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) issued the following statement on the shutdown of the federal government:
WASHINGTON, DC— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today joined House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other House Republican colleagues at a press conference to unveil the 20 percent Small Business Tax Cut Act this afternoon.
"[T]he majority of jobs in this country are created by small businesses, and if small businesses aren't moving forward then we are not going to see the job creation that we need, it's just plain simple."
WASHINGTON, DC— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on the House passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012:
By Sam Graves
Over the past 17 years, we can thank small businesses for creating 65 percent of new American jobs. Unfortunately, from 2007 to 2009, the deepest part of the recession, 5.7 million of these jobs were lost.
By Chairman Sam Graves |
I can't think of a better time to evaluate our nation's environment for entrepreneurship than the National Entrepreneurship Week when we recognize the role of business startups and entrepreneurship in America. |
WASHINGTON— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Rep. Allen West (R-FL) today introduced legislation that will help protect small business contractors by addressing unfair contract bundling. The Contractor Opportunity Protection Act (COP) of 2012 restricts the practice of unjustified contract bundling by providing the Small Business Administration (SBA) and third party groups with the ability to appeal an agency's decision to bundle.