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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. Legislation to reauthorize the program will be included as an Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
(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.
By Sam Graves
Washington Times 12.9
What tops the holiday wish list for American small-business owners? Economic certainty. Certainty is everything for a small business, and Washington is a large part of providing that certainty - or uncertainty. When business owners don't know what's on the horizon, they are forced to curtail hiring and halt reinvesting in their business in order to start saving for a possible new legislative policy or regulation from the federal government.
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.
"With our economy struggling to rebound from the downturn, now is not the time to saddle small agriculture producers with higher costs and more onerous regulations that could drive them out of business," said Graves.
(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. In addition, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011, which passed the House with bipartisan support, would force federal agencies to fully examine the impact of their proposed regulations on small businesses and consider less burdensome alternatives if those impacts are significant.
WASHINGTON— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 120,000 jobs were created in November while the unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent:
WASHINGTON, DC— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement after the House passed the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 (HR 527) by a vote of 263-159:
(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Congressman Sam Graves issued the following statement after a federal judge declared the Healthcare law to be unconstitutional.
"Today's ruling is a victory for common sense. Never before has our government required Americans to buy a product or service just to be a citizen. In fact, this law runs counter to the notion of limited government that our country was founded upon.
Washington DC) U.S. Congressman Sam Graves told the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment that flood control should be the top priority for managing the Missouri River in a hearing on Wednesday.
"I believe that we are asking the Corps of Engineers to juggle too many priorities," said Graves. "We must make clear once and for all that the prevention of flooding has to be the number one priority."
(Washington) U.S. Congressman Sam Graves voted to end taxpayer funding of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund today. The fund provides matching taxpayer dollars to presidential candidates if they qualify and provides grants for party conventions. The amount of funding for the public financing system is determined by check offs on income tax returns that designate a portion of your tax liability for the fund. The voluntary earmarking of a portion of a taxpayer's liability does not affect the amount of tax owed to the federal government or the amount of any refund owed to that taxpayer.