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By Congressman Sam Graves
Note: The Disability Insurance Protection & Fraud Prevention Act of 2014, authored by Congressman Graves in order to improve and protect the future of the Social Security Disability Insurance program, was included in the Republican Study Committee alternative to the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Resolution also considered by the House.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), House Small Business Committee Chairman, released the following statement on passage of the House Republican Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Resolution:
Growing up as a student who passed through Tarkio schools, of course I didn't realize it at the time, but educating the young is a passion that called many to go the extra mile for me and my future.
St. Joseph News-Press | Congressman Sam Graves
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Sam Graves, House Small Business Committee Chairman, released the following statement following today's House vote on the Save American Workers Act (HR 2575):
Lately, there has been a strong push to reform our nation's immigration system. Many of the proposals amount to nothing more than amnesty. Rather than award those who broke the law, I believe we need to start enforcing the laws already in the books.
During my time spent traveling around northern Missouri, there is one thing I continuously hear from constituents: people are frustrated that Washington acts as if it always knows what's best for them.
President Obama has made it clear that he will regularly sidestep both Congress and the law and take action unilaterally. This is contrary to our founding fathers' system of checks and balances.
A budget is a fiscal blueprint of the future. It is an outline of one's priorities that tells you what an individual or group considers important, and also what they view as unimportant.
President Obama's budget proposal for next year – which was delivered late once again, for the fifth time in six years – demonstrates that his priorities remain both higher taxes – to the tune of $1.8 trillion – and bigger government in the form of new spending.