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Subcommittee Presses EPA Official on Impact of Potential Regulations on Energy Costs, Small Businesses
Jul 22, 2010 -
Today, the House Committee on Small Business’ Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade held a hearing entitled “Coal Combustion Byproducts: Potential Impact of a Hazardous Waste Designation on Small Businesses in the Recycling Industry.” The hearing examined the potential impact...
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Hannibal Courier Post: Cap-and-trade could be sore spot on Obama visit
Apr 27, 2010 -
By Brent Engel, Hannibal Courier-Post President Barack Obama likely will get an earful about cap-and-trade during his visit to the Tri-States. Cap-and-trade is a system of regulating pollution. The federal government would limit the amount of emissions that companies, manufacturers and utilities cou...
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Luetkemeyer: President Should Discuss Real Impacts of Cap-and-Tax on Small Business, Farms
Apr 26, 2010 -
As a longtime opponent of the President’s national energy tax, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today said he was hopeful the President this week would address the serious concerns of family farmers and small businesses in the 9th District about the the devastating impacts of higher energy costs ...
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Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer's (R-MO) News for the Ninth
Mar 12, 2010 -
As many of you know, the House of Representatives last year passed cap-and-trade legislation by a narrow margin. I continue to strongly oppose the measure because it is nothing more than a job-killing national energy tax. With the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Missouri hovering around...
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Graves, Republican Leaders Introduce Resolution Protecting Small Businesses from Harmful EPA Regulations
Mar 2, 2010 -
House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) has joined Republican Leadership in introducing a Resolution of Disapproval on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) carbon dioxide endangerment finding. The resolution (H.J.Res.77) would prevent the Administration from impleme...
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In Case You Missed It: “Death of Small Business in America”
Aug 17, 2009 -
Yesterday, Fox News’ Glenn Beck held a small business roundtable with small business owners from all over the country. They discussed how President Obama and Speaker Pelosi’s health care reform legislation and the cap and trade tax would devastate small business owners and lead to further job losses...
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Small Business Owners Testify in Opposition to the Clean Water Restoration Act
Jul 22, 2009 -
Today, the House Small Business Committee heard testimony from small business owners who expressed opposition to the Clean Water Restoration Act. Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, or the Clean Water Act (CWA), to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical...
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“Meeting the Needs of Small Businesses and Family Farmers in Regulating our Nation’s Waters”
Jul 22, 2009 -
*** COMMITTEE HEARING *** Hearing: “Meeting the Needs of Small Businesses and Family Farmers in Regulating our Nation’s Waters” WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing entitled, “Meeting the Needs of Small Businesses and Family Farmers in Regulating our Nation’s Waters,...
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GRAVES GIVES VOICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS-FARMERS AGAINST NATIONAL ENERGY TAX
Jun 11, 2009 -
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the House Agriculture Committee heard testimony on the impact the Waxman-Markey climate change and energy legislation (H.R. 2454) would have on farmers, who are also small business owners, and rural Americans. Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) of the House Small Business Commit...
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NEW EPA REGULATIONS WOULD DAMAGE BIOFUEL SMALL BUSINESSES AND FARMERS
May 21, 2009 -
WASHINGTON, DC – Today lawmakers on the House Committee on Small Business reviewed the impact the Environmental Protection Agency’s May 5th proposed rule will have on biofuel producers and farming industries. The Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Regulations and Healthcare, Rep. Lynn Westmorelan...
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