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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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’...
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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...
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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 ...
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