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ast week, I discussed the service medals my office was able to recover for a Northwest Missouri veteran’s family. Over the years, I’ve had the honor of doing that many times. One of the great joys of representing you is helping when the federal bureaucracy isn’t getting the job done.
A lot of folks don’t realize that if you run into a federal issue, you can call my office and we can try to assist. It might be missing service medals, a delayed passport, or a permitting issue with the Corps of Engineers.
KANSAS CITY, MO — Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) presented military service medals that he was able to recover to the family of a Northwest Missouri veteran. Graves presented medals to the family of William Edgar Taul for his role in WWII. Mr. Taul served in the US Army, beginning in 1944. His military service records were lost in a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis in 1973. However, Graves was able to obtain several medals for his service.
As World War II raged on, William Taul of Northwest Missouri entered the United States Army and honorably defended our country. His service, like so many others, helped ensure that our country, and the world, remained free.
One of the ways we honor our veterans is with service medals and awards. They certainly didn’t do it for the recognition, but these service medals are still a great honor for our veterans and can also be incredibly meaningful to a veteran’s family after they have passed away. In some cases though, they never received them or no longer have them.
It used to be that when you sent a letter to your neighbor down the road, it went to your local post office, got sorted, and delivered to your neighbor quickly. Sadly, that’s just not the way it works anymore.
Nearly two centuries ago, when the railroads began laying track to move people and goods more efficiently around the country, they had to make deals or use eminent domain to take the land necessary to run miles and miles of track in a straight line. In many cases, landowners made a simple bargain as part of the agreement to give up their land: if the railroad stops using the land as a railway, then the landowner gets the land back.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) introduced the Rails to Trails Landowner Rights Act today. The bill strengthens landowner rights to stop federal land seizures.
Zero. That’s how many illegal aliens were released into the United States in May and June of 2025. That’s a stunning change from last year when more than 62,000 illegals were released into the country by the Biden Administration in May 2024 alone.
Every time a life-threatening storm leaves a trail of destruction in its wake, folks should expect help, no matter where you live or what your politics are. The mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is to “help people before, during and after disasters.” Yet, it’s become clear that the agency itself is a disaster. We need to reform FEMA and return the agency to its original mission - helping people and communities rebuild after disasters.
WASHINGTON, DC – Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders introduced legislation in the U.S. House that would provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal disaster assistance programs in decades.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced that the Highway 54 Shared Four-Lane Project has received a nearly $25 million BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) Grant.