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I want to take a minute to update you on an important event that takes place each year in Congress, and that's adopting the federal budget for the upcoming year – or in this case, the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Resolution.
A budget is a statement of priorities; it is a fiscal blueprint that is fundamental to our service as elected representatives. People in Missouri's Sixth District must live within their own budgets, and Washington must do the same.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06) released the following statement regarding the shootings that took place yesterday in the Kansas City metro area:
"News of such senseless acts of violence is truly devastating. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families, as well as the Jewish community and its leaders. This is a difficult time for our area, and I cannot begin to understand what kind of profound sorrow is being felt by those family members and loved ones faced with this tragic loss."
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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.