News from Ranking Member Sam Graves and Committee Republicans: (Please send any member media activity to angela.landers@mail.house.gov)
• Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) in Missouri’s St. Joe News Press: “Estate tax opponents speak out” and “Estate tax measure passes House”
• Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) spoke on the House Floor about the estate tax and small business.
• Ranking… Read more »
News from Ranking Member Sam Graves and Committee Republicans:
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• Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) in Government Executive: “GAO finds extensive fraud in disabled veteran-owned small biz program”
• Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) in The Hill: “Lawmakers say broadband grants should be more accessible to small… Read more »
Opening Statement for Hearing on
Oversight of the Small Business Administration and its Programs
Sam Graves
Ranking Member
Committee on Small Business
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC
November 19, 2009
I would like to thank the Chairwoman for holding this important hearing today on Oversight of the Small Business Administration and its programs. I look… Read more »
News from Ranking Member Sam Graves and Committee Republicans:
(Please send any member media activity to angela.landers@mail.house.gov)
• Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL), Rep. Mary Fallin (R-OK), Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), and Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) all spoke out on the House… Read more »
Opening Statement
Ranking Member Sam Graves
House Committee on Small Business
Hearing: “Small Businesses and the Estate Tax: Identifying Reforms to
Meet the Needs of Small Firms and Family Farms”
November 4, 2009
Madam Chairwoman, thank you for calling this hearing on the very important topic of the estate tax. Special thanks to our witnesses who have taken time from their busy… Read more »
The House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing entitled "Small Businesses and the Estate Tax: Identifying Reforms to Meet the Needs of Small Firms and Family Farmers." The hearing will take place on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 2360 Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee will evaluate ways to improve current laws to ensure that small firms can… Read more »
By Grace-Marie Turner, New York Post
Small businesses have the highest hopes for health reform, but they'd be big losers under the bills Congress is debating.
For more than 20 years, small-business owners have listed health costs as their No. 1 concern. But leading "reform" bills would make things worse -- ballooning expenses for firms that now offer insurance and slamming companies… Read more »
Small businesses have the highest hopes for health reform, but they'd be big losers under the bills Congress is debating.
For more than 20 years, small-business owners have listed health costs as their No. 1 concern. But leading "reform" bills would make things worse -- ballooning expenses for firms that now offer insurance and slamming companies that can't afford the benefit.
The… Read more »
News from Ranking Member Sam Graves and Committee Republicans:
(Please send any member media activity to angela.landers@mail.house.gov)
• Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), and Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 3854 Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009
• Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) in Congress Daily:… Read more »
*** COMMITTEE HEARING ***
Hearing: “The Recovery Act and Broadband: Evaluation of Broadband Investments on Small Businesses and Job Creation”
WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing entitled, “The Recovery Act and Broadband: Evaluation of Broadband Investments on Small Businesses and Job Creation,”on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:00 am in Room 2360 of… Read more »