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  • Hearing Highlights Tax Reform’s Benefits to Small Businesses, Features Chairman Camp’s Testimony
    Apr 10, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing that highlighted the benefits to small businesses from tax reform and simplification, and for the first time since 1979, the Committee heard testimony from the House Ways and Means Chairman... More
  • Graves Applauds Camp’s Tax Reform Small Business Discussion Draft
    Mar 12, 2013 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today released the following statement on Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp’s release of a tax reform small business discussion draft: “I applaud Chairman Camp’s commitment to reforming our convoluted tax system, which small busines... More
  • Statement by Chairman Graves on the Imperial Presidency Report
    Oct 23, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today released the following statement on the Imperial Presidency Report: "This report exposes the Obama administration's pattern of relentless government expansion that creates harmful uncertainty for small businesses. As job creators, small... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on Small Business Surveys
    Oct 4, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement in response to the third quarter survey of small businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber poll found that 89% say tax increases will hurt their small businesses, 83% will not hire over the n... More
  • Graves & Ranking Member Snowe Challenge Sec. Geithner on Definition of Small Business
    Sep 6, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the Department’s attempt to change the definition of a small business. In the let... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on the CBO Outlook and Fiscal Cliff
    Aug 22, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office report that says a recession is likely next year if Congress fails to act on the fiscal cliff: “I don’t know what could be more convincing to the President and his libera... More
  • Committee Hearing Highlights Small Business Strategies in a Recession
    Jul 25, 2012 - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Committee on Small Business, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today showcased success strategies that helped small firms survive the challenging economy. The hearing was titled, Tales of Resilience: Small Business Survival in the Recession. Despite the tough economy, some s... More
  • Small Business Tax Increases on January 1, 2013
    Jul 19, 2012 - How Will Taxmageddon Impact Your Small Business? Without Congressional action, a large number of tax provisions will expire on December 31, 2012. Many of these expiring provisions were enacted in tax legislation in 2001 and 2003 and reduced marginal income tax rates, marriage penalty rates, and the... More
  • New Study Proves Fiscal Cliff Will Harm Small Business Job Creation
    Jul 17, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on a new Ernst and Young study that shows the president’s small business tax hike will cost our economy jobs: “The evidence continues to mount against the President’s tax plan. This week’s U.S. Chamber of ... More
  • Fox News Highlights Small Business Hearing on Death Tax
    Jun 7, 2012 - Report Points Out Yet Another Tax Burden That Awaits Small Businesses At The Year's End Last night, Fox News' "On The Record With Greta" show highlighted last week's Small Business Subcommittee hearing to examine the impact of the estate tax on small businesses and the economy. The current estate ta... More

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