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  • What Small Business Owners Are Saying About The Keystone XL Pipeline
    May 22, 2013 - While our country's small businesses continue to struggle to produce consistent job growth, the Keystone XL Pipeline would provide a needed boost to our economy. The pipeline will jumpstart local economies, creating an estimated 42,100 jobs, many of them with small businesses. Last week, the Small ... More
  • $3M in Broken Promises to Small Business
    May 20, 2013 - $3M in Broken Promises to Small Business By Chairman Sam Graves May 20, 2013 In his 2013 State of the Union, President Barack Obama said, “[o]ur government shouldn’t make promises we cannot keep.” When it comes to small business policies, the lofty promises have faded to pretensions. The House Smal... More
  • Red Tape Record Breakers
    May 19, 2013 - Red Tape Record Breakers By Wall Street Journal May 19, 2013 President Obama is opposing a bill passed by the House last week that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission to better measure the costs and benefits of new regulations. That's no surprise considering that the latest annual ... More
  • Committee Schedule for Week of May 20
    May 17, 2013 - Week Ahead for the Committee: May 20-24 Committee to to Hold Hearing on Challenges for Small Construction Contractors The House Small Business Committee, chaired by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), today announced the schedule for the week of May 20, 2013: On Thursday, May 23rd, at 10:00 a.m., the Small Bus... More
  • Chairman Graves Adds Three New Regulations to “Small Biz Reg Watch”
    May 17, 2013 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that two new proposed rules and a request for comment have been added to the Committee’s new digital resource, “Small Biz Reg Watch”: the SBA Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contacting Program; the DHS/DOL Wage Methodology ... More
  • Washington Post: GSA Failed to Pay Thousands of Small Government Contractors Since 2008
    May 16, 2013 - GSA failed to pay thousands of small government contractors since 2008 By J.D. Harrison, The Washington Post May 16, 2013 An investigation by House lawmakers has revealed that the U.S. General Services Administration failed to fully pay thousands of small federal contractors in the past five years.... More
  • Committee Investigation Finds More Than One Thousand Small Business Contractors Weren’t Fully Paid
    May 16, 2013 - House Small Business Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that a year-long investigation into a federal contracting program has uncovered that the government owes more than one thousand small businesses millions of dollars. “Contracting with small businesses is good for the economy and it’s go... More
  • Hearing Underscores Keystone XL Pipeline’s Benefits for Small Businesses
    May 16, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, led by Chairman Scott Tipton (R-CO), today held a hearing appraising the benefits that many small businesses would reap from construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Committee heard about the economic ben... More
  • Hearing Examines Patent Reform Law and Safeguards for Small Business Innovations
    May 15, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing examining the changes in the patent system, and how to best protect the innovations of small businesses as new challenges arise. The Committee heard testimony on the changing landscape of p... More
  • Graves Hosts Small Business Expo, Focused On Best Practices
    May 13, 2013 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today hosted a Small Business Expo in Kansas City, Missouri, to highlight some of the opportunities and challenges for small business owners in this economy. Rose Mitchell from Hy-Vee, Inc. was the keynote speaker, joined by panelists from bo... More

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