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Welcome to my weekly newsletter. I'd like to note a small change this week. In addition to my weekly column, I am including a list of this month's Mobile Office Hours, where you can meet with a member of my staff in your community. I have always believed you learn more by listening than talking. My priority in Congress is constituent service and the Mobile Office is an additional opportunity for me to stay in contact with the people of the Sixth District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) issued the following statement regarding the two explosions that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon today:
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Congressmen Sam Graves (MO-06), Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Vicky Hartzler (MO-04), and Billy Long (MO-07) have filed legislation to improve the management of the Missouri River. Their bill, H.R. 1460, would remove "fish and wildlife" from the list of authorized purposes for which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can undertake a river management project. Currently, the Corps' Master Manual includes eight authorized purposes.
Legislation restores disaster assistance programs that had expired
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today Army Chaplain (Captain) Father Emil J. Kapaun was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House. Father Kapaun was born in Kansas but attended the Conception Abbey seminary college in Nodaway County, Missouri. He died in 1951 while a prisoner of war in Korea. U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) issued the following statement regarding the award:
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) says today's announcement from the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Board of Governors that the agency will not be implementing a plan to slash 6-day delivery to its customers is good news, particularly for Americans in rural areas.
A budget is a statement of one's priorities. Families have to live within their own budgets; Washington should have to do the same. This week, the president will finally unveil his budget proposal two months late. In President Obama's five years in office, this will be the fourth budget that he has submitted to Congress after the deadline, which is the first Monday in February.
One of the biggest complaints I hear from small businesses is about the regulations coming from Washington. Many of those regulations are implemented without getting input from the small businesses that are affected. A small business owner trying to beat the competition, make payroll and keep the business open may not have time to read proposed rules in Washington.