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(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Congressman Sam Graves issued the following statement today about the passing of the last World War I veteran, Frank Buckles, who was 110.

(Liberty)- Congressman Sam Graves, the Chairman of the Small Business Committee, will host a small business expo in the Kansas City area next month. The Third Annual Sixth Congressional District Small Business Expo will be held on March 21st at the Kansas City Police Academy in Shoal Creek.

(Liberty, MO) U.S. Congressman Sam Graves today announced he has nominated several Sixth District students to the United States Service Academies.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Ralph Hall (R-TX) tonight announced that a deal to reauthorize the SBIR/STTR program, which was set to expire on December 16th, has been agreed upon.

By Sam Graves

Washington Times 12.9

(Washington) House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves today led the Committee's first hearing to examine the health care law's contentious 1099 reporting mandate. The hearing, titled Buried in Paperwork: A 1099 Update, featured testimony from Representative Daniel Lungren (R-CA) and four small business owners from North Carolina, Colorado, Maryland and Kentucky.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today voted in favor of the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 (H.R. 1633), a bipartisan bill that prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating farm dust that is already regulated at the local and/or state level.

(Washington)Today, U.S. Congressman Sam Graves voted for the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, which would require Congress to affirmatively approve every new major regulation proposed by the executive branch before it can be enforced.