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Sam Graves is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 6th congressional district since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, Graves has focused on issues such as agriculture, transportation, and small business during his tenure in Congress. He has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at supporting rural communities and enhancing infrastructure in his district. Graves has also served on several committees, including the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he has played a significant role in shaping policy related to these areas.
I want to also welcome Mr. Smith to the U.S. House of Representatives. Lacy said that he is a fourth-generation farmer, but he is actually a seventh-generation Missourian, and he has been living on the same farm that his great-grandfather…
Ensuring that all SBA initiatives are well run and free of fraud and abuse is essential not only to the small businesses they serve directly, but also to the taxpayers who are responsible for footing the final bill.
I therefore look forward to hearing the witness and thank her for being here today.
On Monday, May 6 I missed three rollcall votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on No. 129, No. 130, and No. 131. ____________________
the SBA, in its budget proposal, makes no effort to eliminate wasteful and overlapping programs that would contribute to reducing that federal deficit.
Small business owners have to balance their books every single year, and if necessary that includes eliminating unnecessary costs.
It is a tax I believe we must eliminate and I co-sponsored a bipartisan bill called the Protect Medical Innovation Act to do away with that tax.
It is clear that small businesses and our economy can come out winners if we approach tax reform in a comprehensive manner.
I missed a rollcall vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on No. 82. ____________________
On Tuesday, March 19, I missed 3 rollcall votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on #79, 80, and 81. ____________________
I am proud of the Small Business Committee's accomplishments in the last Congress.
The sky isn't falling. We aren't going to have more meteors hit because of sequestration.
This job is made significantly more difficult because the President has not complied with his statutory responsibility to deliver a budget by the first week of February.
On rollcall No. 659, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
I ask each of you to consider how can we ever revitalize these industries that have sustained considerable economic injury.
The challenges of the last 10 years have made it difficult to find and identify individual businesses in these segments.
I am committed to cutting spending and getting the nation back on a fiscally sound course, and I am willing to make tough decisions.
I would rather prefer that the surgeon use a scalpel rather than a meat cleaver.
It is estimated that over half of the private sector jobs lost to sequestration, which is about 960,000 jobs, are going to be small business jobs.
On rollcall No. 584, I was inadvertently detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Stated against:
I think it points out a problem. And we ought to really try to do something about it.
If everyone pays a teeny little bit, which I think Americans are willing to do their fair share, I think we would come a long way to fixing our country's problems.
Imposing a $100 per flight user fee on operators is simply the wrong approach, and the President offered very few details as to how such a system would be established and even less analysis on how it would impact the aviation industry.
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