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Record flooding in Northwest Missouri has devastated homes, businesses and livelihoods. It's heartbreaking to see entire communities inundated with water as levees overtopped or failed. As difficult as it is, I know we're resilient and we will get through this. However, when I was surveying the devastation in Holt County a few weeks ago, I couldn't help but think, what if the priorities on the river were in line with reality? What if flood control always took precedence as I have called for on numerous occasions?
WASHINGTON, DC – North Missouri Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) introduced a bill this week to remove fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose for management of the Missouri River and make flood control the highest priority.
"Time and again, we continue to see fish and birds take precedence over people and property when it comes to managing the Missouri River," Graves said.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) sent a letter today to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting a delay of the deadline for the filing of tax returns or a delay of the late filing penalty for those affected by recent flooding on the Missouri River.
Graves sent the letter after talking with local tax preparers who informed him that their clients affected by the recent flooding could not get a disaster-related tax filing extension due to the lack of a federal disaster declaration.
Our public schools have always been one of our best assets in North Missouri.
U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Sam Graves (MO-06), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) this week led a bipartisangroup of 74 Members of
Congress in introducing H.Res.254, which expresses support for the designation of the week of March 25 through March 29, 2019, as "Public Schools Week."
Today, Congressman Sam Graves, (MO-06), Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, led the House Floor debate for the Republicans in support of President Trump's National Emergency Declaration to address the border crisis.
Just outside of Mound City, Missouri, lies a wildlife refuge named Squaw Creek. The pristine land, known for being a haven for snow geese, was made a federal refuge and given its moniker by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935. The name "Squaw Creek" evokes many memories and a proud history in Holt County.
In North Missouri, we cherish our 2nd Amendment rights. We value the opportunity to teach our children how to safely hunt or target practice, and we feel far more secure knowing that we can capably defend ourselves if necessary. Unfortunately, our rural values always seem to take a backseat to the latest reactionary ideological crusade to take away our gun rights.
We have a crisis on our southern border. Just ask anyone who has worked or lived there. Ask any Border Patrol agent or military personnel who has seen the crisis firsthand. Ask family members of those who have lost their lives to fentanyl or heroin overdoses. Politics can never get in the way of their facts.
Sometimes you read something that makes you think it must have come from a satire website. I had that experience last week when I read about a plan that said we could save the planet if we just replaced or upgraded every building in the United States and "get rid of airplanes and farting cows!" It turns out it wasn't a joke or a bad dream, it was the "Green New Deal."