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In a 1982 speech, Ronald Reagan said, "We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much." That was more than three decades ago, and unfortunately, it's still the case. In Washington, basic budgeting is all too often ignored in order to leave the tough decisions for future generations to solve. This is unacceptable.
Graves Mobile Office Hours
WASHINGTON – A member of U.S. Congressman Sam Graves' staff is holding Mobile Office stops. Graves' Mobile Office will tour the district giving constituents the opportunity to speak with a member of his staff.
Missouri has a long and proud history of producing coal. In fact, the Show Me state was the first state West of the Mississippi to produce coal for commercial use. When it comes to the generation of electricity in the United States, about half of that power is provided by coal.
The coal industry is booming and the United States is one of the world's largest exporters of coal. According to the Energy Information Administration, there is enough coal to last for the next 200 years.
Graves Mobile Office Hours
WASHINGTON – A member of U.S. Congressman Sam Graves' staff is holding Mobile Office stops. Graves' Mobile Office will tour the district giving constituents the opportunity to speak with a member of his staff.
Sam Graves Statement Following Small Business Listening Session
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves, House Small Business Committee Chairman, made the following statement after holding a small business listening session at Miller's Custom Cabinets in Excelsior Springs, MO. This was another in a series of meetings that Rep. Graves has held with small business owners and their employees across the 6th District.
Sam Graves to Hold Small Business Listening Session
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves will be holding a small business listening session at Miller's Custom Cabinets in Excelsior Springs, MO. This is another in a series of meetings that Rep. Graves has held with small business owners and their employees across the 6th District.
Famed economist Milton Friedman once said, "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." What we have today, is a federal government that has put itself in charge of our healthcare system through Obamacare. The effects of this law are just now starting to be felt and it is sure to get worse.
President Ronald Reagan summed up the federal government's flawed idea of an economic policy best when he said, "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." That is exactly what we are seeing today. We have a tax code that is unworkable and an endless stream of unnecessary regulations coming out of bureaucracies in Washington.
President Reagan once famously stated that, "government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." I couldn't agree more. I've long said that government does not create jobs. What government can do is enact policies that set the table for economic growth and provide certainty to small businesses.
Sam Graves Welcomes New Jobs to the Kansas City Metro Area
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06), House Small Business Committee Chairman, today made the following statement as the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant announced the hiring of 1,200 new full-time employees.