House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) has released the following statement on the President’s proposal to repeal the Bush-era tax cuts, moments after chairing a hearing on the burden of the current tax code and the difficulty that entrepreneurs have in complying with it: “With an unemployment rate hovering around 9 percent, it is simply bad policy to raise taxes on… Read more »

  Lawmakers: SBIR Reauthorization Will Spur Job Growth By Kate Rogers April 07, 2011 The House of Representatives’ Small Business Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology met Thursday for a hearing on "Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation." At the center of the hearing was a push from both House Democrats and Republicans to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation… Read more »

Lawmakers: SBIR Reauthorization Will Spur Job Growth By Kate Rogers April 07, 2011 The House of Representatives’ Small Business Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology met Thursday for a hearing on "Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation." At the center of the hearing was a push from both House Democrats and Republicans to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research… Read more »

Stronger Regulatory Enforcement Will Spur Small Business Job Creation By Sam Graves April 6, 2011 By Sam GravesApril 6, 2011   Small businesses are the cornerstone of the American economy. They employ over half of the country’s private sector workforce and create seven out of every ten new jobs. The answer to our country’s long-term… Read more »

Stronger Regulatory Enforcement Will Spur Small Business Job Creation By Sam Graves April 6, 2011 By Sam GravesApril 6, 2011   Small businesses are the cornerstone of the American economy. They employ over half of the country’s private sector workforce and create seven out of every ten new jobs. The answer to our country’s long-term… Read more »

More Lawmakers Question Health-Care Waivers By Angus Loten March 24, 2011 Lawmakers on the House Small Business Committee want to know if smaller firms were among more than 1,000 entities granted health-care reform waivers last year by the Department of Health and Human Services. The one-year waivers provide exemptions… Read more »

    Spending Cuts Mean More Small Business Job Creation By Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) March 17, 2011 At the start of the 112th Congress, my fellow Republicans and I made a commitment to turn the country’s economy around and get Americans back to work. Over the past two years in the minority, we could do little as… Read more »

Spending Cuts Mean More Small Business Job Creation By Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) March 17, 2011 At the start of the 112th Congress, my fellow Republicans and I made a commitment to turn the country’s economy around and get Americans back to work. Over the past two years in the minority, we could do little as the Obama Administration’s and Nancy Pelosi’s reckless spending increased our… Read more »

House Small Business Subcommittee Chairman Mike Coffman Talks Small Business Job Creation, the Federal Budget And Our Massive Debt on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington… Read more »

The Hill: Let’s Get Serious About Job Creation By Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) March 9, 2011 Our nation is facing one of the toughest economic climates since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate has been 8.9% or more for 23 months. The amount of time that the average job seeker has been unemployed is about 37 weeks, the highest average in history. These staggering statistics don’t… Read more »