Sam Graves

Today, August 2, I missed a rollcall vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on No. 554. General Leave

Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom.

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Coffman), chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations.

At this time I would yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. West).

Could I ask how much time we have left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 7\3/4\ minutes. The gentlewoman from New York has 8 minutes.

Obviously your testimony has been very helpful, obviously demonstrating the impact that Washington regulations have on small business.

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), the Small Business Subcommittee chairman on Agriculture, Energy and Trade.

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schilling).

I would like to address the comments made by the gentlelady from Texas who claimed that 4 million small businesses are going to be able to take advantage of this tax credit and how much it was going to help. We requested a GAO study and…

I want to thank the chairman for the comments and look forward to working on this. I think this is an issue that we can solve and an issue that we can fix ultimately for all those pilots out there and the folks that are concerned. With…

I have an amendment that would prohibit funds from being used to enforce congressionally mandated Temporary Flight Restrictions, or TFRs, for sports stadiums. These permanent TFRs, to be quite honest with you, are impractical, they're…

the more you regulate something, the less you get of it.

did she take in the economic impact of the regulations that they are producing? She said no.

On rollcall vote No. 378, the Broun of Georgia Motion to instruct, I voted ``yea'' when I intended to vote ``nay.'' I apologize for any confusion and ask that the Record reflect my true intention. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

With that, I would urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment, as modified, offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves). The amendment…

It has come to my attention that my amendment has a typo in it. It reads 2102 as the date. I ask unanimous consent that that be changed to 2012. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection? Without objection, the amendment is modified. There was…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. Of the funds appropriated…

As I stated before, we are not gutting this program, we are just reducing the funding for it. For that matter, I might add that even if we zeroed this program out, it would have absolutely no effect on power intake systems, on power…

I appreciate your effort to expedite the implementation of the free trade agreements with Korea and Colombia.

I commend the Chairman and all of the members of this Committee for speaking across the country, about the importance of trade.

And when you increase supply, and if we can increase supply in the United States, it is going to have a dramatic effect.

I think that we can in a bipartisan way approach a solution which will not completely solve the problem, but which will afford important relief to the American consumer.

I do not believe that they drive the price. Now, I do believe that speculation is the cause of volatility, which is what my legislation seeked to address.

Tax season reminds us that small businesses are disproportionately affected by tax compliance and high tax rates. The Small Business Administration reports that the average tax compliance cost per employee for small businesses is almost…