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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) issued the following statement regarding President Obama's FY2015 budget which was released today, a month past the February 3rd deadline:
Last week, I wrote that the House would be pursuing measures designed to reform our federal regulatory system. As part of "Stop Government Abuse Week," we cast a number of votes this week to do just that.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), House Small Business Committee Chairman, released the following statement on House passage of the ALERRT Act (H.R. 2804), which includes the Committee-sponsored Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act, by a vote of 236-179:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Small Business Committee Chairman, today released the following statement in support of the Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act (H.R. 3193), which will reform the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):
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NOTE: Below are remarks as prepared for delivery by Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, on the House floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 2804, the Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency Act (ALERRT Act). The ALERRT Act includes Congressman Graves' Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (H.R. 2542) as Title III of the bill.
Small business owners I talk to in North Missouri and across the country nearly unanimously say they need a break from all the red tape. A recent study found that the annual cost of federal regulations stands at more than $1.75 trillion, with small businesses paying a cost that is 36 percent higher on average than larger counterparts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, released the following statement on the Office of the Chief Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) report on the impact of the health care law on small business health care plans: