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  • Washington Examiner: ObamaCare Insurance Regs Raise Costs, Kill Jobs
    Dec 15, 2011 - ObamaCare Insurance Regs Raise Costs, Kill Jobs By Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner A small business health insurer broker testified today that Obamacare's Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) regulations has cut his revenues, forced many of his competitors out of business, and may end the small business insu... More
  • Chairman Graves in The Washington Times- Holiday Wish: Economic Certainty
    Dec 12, 2011 - Holiday Wish: Economic Certainty By Chairman Sam Graves What tops the holiday wish list for American small-business owners? Economic certainty. Certainty is everything for a small business, and Washington is a large part of providing that certainty - or uncertainty. When business owners don’t know ... More
  • Graves Discusses Questionable Government Contract on CNN’s AC360
    Dec 9, 2011 - Graves: "You certainly can't ignore the political connections between the company and the administration.” WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last night, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) participated in a special report by CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on a suspicious $433-million government con... More
  • Chairman Graves in CNBC: Small Business Owners Want Washington to REIN in Regulations
    Dec 7, 2011 - Small Business Owners Want Washington to REIN in Regulations By Chairman Sam Graves Last month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the case on the Senate floor that government regulations don’t harm the economy and job creation. I’m not sure which job creators the majority leader is talking to,... More
  • Bloomberg Government: Small-Business Advocates May Gain Clout in Several U.S. Agencies
    Nov 1, 2011 - Small-Business Advocates May Gain Clout in Several U.S. Agencies By Nishad Majmudar, Bloomberg Government November 1, 2011 A Congressional panel that subpoenaed officials of four U.S. agencies accused of not complying with small business contracting rules has delayed a scheduled hearing, saying tha... More
  • Chairman Sam Graves in CNBC: The 3% Withholding Is Yet Another Burden For Small Businesses
    Oct 25, 2011 - The 3% Withholding Is Yet Another Burden For Small Businesses By Chairman Sam Graves October 25, 2011 Imagine that you are a small business owner who has a thin two to five percent profit margin during a tough economy and are trying to avoid laying off workers. On top of this, the federal governmen... More
  • AP: 4 Arrested in Alleged Government Bribery Case
    Oct 4, 2011 - 4 Arrested in Alleged Government Bribery Case By Eric Tucker and Nedra Pickler, Associated Press October 4, 2011 Two employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two others were arrested Tuesday in a $20 million bribery and kickback case that prosecutors say helped pay for the purchase of more... More
  • Tipton Holds Field Hearing on the Big Impact of Energy Regulations on Small Business
    Sep 19, 2011 - GRAND JUNCTION, CO— House Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade Chairman Scott Tipton (R-CO) today held a field hearing in Grand Junction, Colo., to examine burdensome federal energy industry regulations and policies and their impact on small businesses, jobs and consumer pric... More
  • Chairman Graves Questions Proposals for a Medium-Sized Business Program
    Sep 14, 2011 - WASHINGTON— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today held a hearing to examine proposals for a medium-sized business program. The Small Business Act, along with the Small Business Administration (SBA), has set forth definitions and size standards to determine exactly what cons... More
  • Small Business Optimism Index Falls For Sixth Consecutive Month
    Sep 13, 2011 - Chairman Graves: “Small business owners are very pessimistic and uncertain about the future” House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on the August NFIB Small Business Optimism Index report. The monthly Small-Business Optimism Index dropped for a... More

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