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Graves Holds Hearing on the State of American Small Businesses
Feb 1, 2012 -
Graves Holds Hearing on the State of American Small Businesses “There is no doubt that the lack of certainty in burdensome regulatory requirements and complex tax structures coming from Washington continues to be an impediment for growth and job creation for small business owners.” WASHINGTON, DC— H...
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Washington Post: Small Business Committees, Advocates Hesitant to Back Obama’s Restructuring Proposal
Jan 13, 2012 -
Small Business Committees, Advocates Hesitant to Back Obama’s Restructuring Proposal By J.D. Harrison, Washington Post Lawmakers and small business advocacy groups today applauded the President Obama’s decision to add a cabinet seat for the head of the Small Business Administration, but many were h...
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Graves Statement on CFPB Recess Appointment
Jan 4, 2012 -
House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on President Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray as Director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). “It is unfortunate that the President has bypassed the Senate with this appoin...
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Chairman Graves Statement On Bills To Increase Access To Capital, Help Small Businesses Grow
Nov 3, 2011 -
House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on today’s House vote on the “Access to Capital for Job Creators Act” (H.R. 2940) and the vote on the “Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act” (H.R. 2930): “We have learned through our hearings that the inabil...
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Chairman Graves Statement on Sec. Geithner’s Defense of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
Oct 18, 2011 -
Chairman Graves Statement on Sec. Geithner’s Senate Small Business Committee Testimony on the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 WASHINGTON— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s testimony before the Senat...
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Dow Jones: US Small Business Lending Program Disburses $4B
Sep 28, 2011 -
US Small Business Lending Program Disburses $4B By Jeffrey Sparshott and Jeff Bater, Dow Jones The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a final round of funding under a program to spur loans to small businesses, though total disbursements have left billions of dollars untapped, and many bank...
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Coffman Subcommittee Holds Field Hearing on Small Business Lending in Colorado
Aug 25, 2011 -
The House Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Chairman Mike Coffman (R-CO) today held a field hearing in Greenwood Village, Colorado to examine the state of small business lending, focusing on Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs and the regulatory i...
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Coffman: CFPB needs to fully consider the impact of each of their regulations on small business
Jul 28, 2011 -
WASHINGTON, DC— Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Coffman (R-CO) today held a hearing to examine the impact of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulations on small businesses. The CFPB was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consume...
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Chairman Graves in The Hill: Small Businesses Are the Solution to US Unemployment
Jul 13, 2011 -
Small Businesses Are the Solution to US Unemployment By Chairman Sam Graves July 13, 2011 Last summer, the president lauded a supposed “recovery summer” initiative that celebrated the “success” of the administration’s stimulus plan. However, during that span of time, the U.S. economy shed jobs for ...
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ICYMI - Graves on MSNBC: "There is so much apprehension out there, in terms of small business"
Jun 27, 2011 -
Chairman Sam Graves Discusses Small Business Uncertainty on MSNBC's "Your Business" "There is so much apprehension out there, in terms of small business" CLICK HERE to view On Sunday, Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), Chairman of the Small Business Committee, appeared on MSNBC’s "Your Business" show to discus...
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