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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.
The month of February is home to the birthdays of two Presidents whose likeness is on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. This year, we observe President's Day on February 21st, which is one day before George Washington's birthday and nine days after Abraham Lincoln's.
Last week would also have been Ronald Reagan's 100thbirthday. To quote Ronald Reagan, "Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."
(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:
The first thing you ought to do when you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging. In his State of the Union speech, the President proposed that the government freeze spending for the next five years. I'm glad that the President finally agrees that we ought to stop digging, but that won't get us out of the hole.
Yes, we need to freeze spending, but not at last year's budget-busting levels. Congress has overspent for far too long. As one of my colleagues said, it's like speeding recklessly and then setting the cruise control as you are headed toward a cliff.
(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.