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WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) today issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives did not agree to passage of a five-year Farm Bill:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today highlighted the persistence and entrepreneurial spirit of America's small manufacturers.
The Committee invited 14 owners and leaders of small firms to tell their stories in Washington, D.C., for a special National Small Business Week hearing.
New Reports Expose Administration's Failure to Ready Insurance Exchanges For October Enrollment
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Introduces legislation to prevent new taxes and fees on law-abiding gun owners
It seems every year there's another attempt in Congress to weaken our Second Amendment rights. Gun control bills come in all shapes and sizes. But this year, gun opponents have a new tactic up their sleeve: new taxes and fees on the purchase of firearms or ammunition.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) today issued a call for talented students who are interested in being nominated to a military academy to contact his office. Academy applications are being accepted through this fall. Students must be at least 17 years of age and no more than 23 as of July 1, 2014. They must also be a legal resident of the Sixth Congressional District.
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution stating: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
Graves now an elder in state's U.S. House delegation
By Ken Newton
St. Joseph News-Press
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:45 pm
After Sam Graves took his oath for the first time in the U.S. House, he had a trio of experienced hands in the Missouri delegation to guide him past the barriers and customs of federal lawmaking.
Reps. Roy Blunt, Kenny Hulshof and Jo Ann Emerson, all Republican colleagues, had a collective 12 years of House service and a willingness to steward the new congressman.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) today welcomed Jason Smith, the newly elected Congressman from Missouri's Eighth District, by introducing him to the full House of Representatives in a floor speech. Graves is the dean of Missouri's Republican House members. His remarks came moments after Congressman Smith was sworn in by House Speaker John Boehner. Below are Congressman Graves' remarks, as prepared for delivery:
Mr. Speaker,
On behalf of the Missouri delegation, I am pleased to present our newest member.