Friends:

We took a great step toward fulfilling one of our promises to the American people this week when the House approved legislation to repeal the job-destroying health care law.  I am pleased to report that the repeal bill, H.R. 2, passed with bipartisan support in a vote of 245 to 189.

The health care law is brimming with poorly-conceived, wildly expensive and intrusive provisions that will slow job creation, increase debt, and make it tougher for families and small business owners to make ends meet. It is time for us to move away from a law that penalizes our nation’s entrepreneurs and place a renewed focus on enacting targeted, common sense reforms.

The House will now move forward on crafting legislation that takes an incremental approach to addressing individual problems within our health care system.  In the coming weeks, members of the House Small Business Committee will have opportunities to help reexamine health care in America and offer proactive solutions that will allow us to reach our shared goal of expanding access and reducing costs without sacrificing future economic growth.


Sam Graves
Chairman

On Wednesday, January 26th, the House Small Business Committee will hold a full committee organizational meeting to consider the Committee’s rules for the 112th Congress.

The proposed rules and an oversight plan will be posted on the website early next week.  Please visit the “Hearings & Legislation” section of the website at https://smallbusiness.house.gov for the latest updates.

If you would like to stay even more up-to-date with Committee news, follow us on Twitter @SmallBizGOP.

On Tuesday, the House approved legislation to end the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions.  This legislation is expected to save Americans an estimated $35 million over ten years and will take another critical step toward reining in out-of-control federal spending.

On Tuesday evening, Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and members of the House Small Business Committee led debate on the repeal of the health care law.  Click the links below to watch floor speeches from the debate:

• Chairman Sam Graves' Opening Remarks
• Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC)
• Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)
• Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
• Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO)
• Rep. Jeff Landry (R-LA)
• Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL)
• Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
• Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC)
• Chairman Sam Graves' Closing Remarks

On Thursday, the House approved a resolution that sets the stage for Committees to begin considering legislation to replace the health care law.  Read more about H.Res. 9 by clicking here.

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