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  • Walsh Subcommittee Examines the Fiscal Cliff's Impact on Small Business
    Sep 13, 2012 - The Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, led by Chairman Joe Walsh (R-IL), today held a hearing titled, Adding to Uncertainty: Small Businesses’ Perspectives on the Tax Cliff. The Subcommittee heard testimony from small business owners that tax increases will put m... More
  • Committee Exposes Proposed Fees’ Negative Economic Impact on Aviation Industry
    Sep 12, 2012 - The Committee on Small Business, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing titled, User Fees in the Aviation Industry: Turbulence Ahead, examining small business concerns about a proposed new fee on general aviation. The Committee heard testimony on the financial and regulatory impact ... More
  • Ellmers Subcommittee Examines Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Program
    Sep 11, 2012 - The Small Business Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology, under the chairmanship of Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), today held a hearing on the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, and its impact on small suppliers. For years, Medicare’s benefit for durable medical equi... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on August Jobs Report
    Sep 7, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that only 96,000 jobs were created in August while the unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent due to a drop in the labor force participation rate: “I welcome any ... More
  • Graves & Ranking Member Snowe Challenge Sec. Geithner on Definition of Small Business
    Sep 6, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the Department’s attempt to change the definition of a small business. In the let... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on the CBO Outlook and Fiscal Cliff
    Aug 22, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office report that says a recession is likely next year if Congress fails to act on the fiscal cliff: “I don’t know what could be more convincing to the President and his libera... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on July Jobs Report
    Aug 3, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 163,000 jobs were created in July, while the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent: “Persistently high unemployment and slowing GDP growth is not the recove... More
  • Hearing with CFPB Director Cordray Stresses Regulatory ‘Unintended Consequences’
    Aug 1, 2012 - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Committee on Small Business, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing titled, Know Before You Regulate: The Impact of CFPB Regulations on Small Business. Director Richard Cordray of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) testified about this new Bureau’... More
  • Subcommittee Exposes Harmful Impact of Non-Tariff Barriers to Farm Exports and Rural Economic Growth
    Jul 26, 2012 - The Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, under the chairmanship of Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO), today held a hearing on the impact of foreign sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures on small family farms and agriculture exports. SPS measures are non-tariff food requirements f... More
  • Graves: "The Private Sector Builds Businesses and Creates Jobs, Not The Government"
    Jul 26, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078), a package of bills that would help to eliminate excessive government regulations that make it harder for small businesses to grow ... More

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