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On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns fell silent on the Western Front. The year was 1918 and the deadliest war the world had ever seen was over. The official end of World War I wouldn’t come until June of 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles, but it was November 11th the world would remember as the end of the “war to end all wars.”
I’m often asked what I think the most important part of my job is representing the people of North Missouri. Some people seem to think it’s talking about the issues of the day on cable news—it’s not. Others think it’s working across the aisle to get bipartisan bills passed that make things better for American families.
I was shelling corn the other night when I looked down at my monitor—322 bushels per acre it read. My jaw just about hit the floor. But they say not to count your chickens before they hatch. They should also tell you not to count your bushels before you get to the elevator.
KANSAS CITY, MO – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) today announced that Green Hills Regional Planning Commission will be receiving a $8,768,000 grant from the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) to further the development of container-on-barge shipping services in Brunswick, Missouri.
I’ve heard a lot of bad ideas over the years. But one of them, this notion that we should “defund the police,” really takes the cake.
The United States Postal Service is one of the only agencies authorized by the Constitution. In fact, the agency can trace its roots back even further to 1775, when Benjamin Franklin was named the first Postmaster General.
KANSAS CITY, MO – Congressmen Sam Graves (MO-06) and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) authored a letter demanding answers from United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on the Postal Service’s failure to reliably deliver mail six days a week in the Greater Kansas City Area, as required by law.
The price of gas is going up—again.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (MO-06) and House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) introduced the Transparency and Production of (TAP) American Energy Act this week.
The 2019 Flood was among the worst we’ve ever seen in North Missouri. It didn’t hit as many folks as the 2011 Missouri River Flood or the ‘93 Flood, but unlike many of the floods we’ve seen in the past, the 2019 Flood stuck around for what seemed like an eternity. It took the better part of a year for the floodwaters to fall in some places.