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It's a privilege to represent the people of Missouri's 6th District in Congress. From Kansas City to Bethany across to Kirksville and Bowling Green, I enjoy the honor of serving the residents of 36 counties in North Missouri. Part of my job is to keep people up-to-date as to what's happening in Washington. One resource I use is these weekly "Straight Talk with Sam" updates, to highlight a topic of interest or explain legislation I'm working on.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) announced today that his office is returning $193,763 – or nearly 15 percent of his office's budget – to the Treasury Department for Fiscal Year 2012.
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."