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  • Committee Exposes the EPA’s Regulatory Assault on Small Business
    Jun 27, 2012 - The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), with a specific focus on the Agency’s Boiler MACT and Lead, Renovation, Repair and Painting regulat... More
  • Walsh Holds Field Hearing on the Impact of High Gas Prices on Small Business
    Jun 25, 2012 - Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access Chairman Joe Walsh (R-IL) today held a field hearing in Hoffman Estates, IL, on the effects of high gasoline prices on local small business. Energy is a major cost in a substantial share of small businesses. One in 10 small busin... More
  • Graves Applauds Passage of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act
    Jun 21, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today applauded House passage of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of energy production bills that will lead to lower energy costs and more jobs. The bill includes the Planning for American Energy Act of 2012 (H.R.4381), which was i... More
  • Committee Examines Effect of High Gas Prices on Small Business
    May 9, 2012 - The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing to examine the relationship between high fuel costs and small businesses. Persistently high gasoline prices and the volatility of the oil market are draining family budgets and putting increased stress on sma... More
  • Graves & Tipton in the Washington Examiner: Red Tape Is Strangling America's Energy Supply
    May 8, 2012 - Red Tape Is Strangling America's Energy Supply By Chairmen Sam Graves & Scott Tipton May 8, 2012 As loudly as American families are demanding refuge from economic burdens like high gas prices, small businesses are now chiming in as well. Persistently high energy costs are forcing owners to reduce h... More
  • Tipton Examines Small Business Innovative Energy Solutions
    Apr 26, 2012 - House Small Business Agriculture, Energy and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Scott Tipton (R-CO) today held a hearing to examine innovative ways small businesses contribute to energy production. Specifically, the Subcommittee focused on advanced biofuels, such as cellulosic ethanol, and new innovative t... More
  • Committee to Hold Markup on Contracting Bills and Hearing on Rising Energy Costs
    Mar 2, 2012 - Week Ahead for the Committee: March 5- 9 Committee to Hold Markup on Contracting Bills and Hearing on Rising Energy Costs WASHINGTON, DC – The House Small Business Committee, chaired by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), today announced the schedule for the week of March 5, 2012. On Wednesday, March 7, 2012 th... More
  • Chairman Graves in Politico: What Small-Business Owners Want to Hear in State of the Union Speech
    Jan 23, 2012 - What Small-Business Owners Want to Hear in State of the Union Speech By Chairman Sam Graves January 23, 2012 What do small-business owners want from the government? The short answer: Move out of the way. Eight out of 10 small-business owners say they want the government to stay out of the way inste... More
  • CNN Money: Obama's Keystone Pipeline Nix Worries Small Business
    Jan 20, 2012 - Obama's Keystone Pipeline Nix Worries Small Business By Jose Pagliery January 20, 2012 The hopes of some small business owners in the Nebraskan towns of Fairbury and Steele City were crushed when the Obama administration rejected a proposed expansion of the Keystone oil sands pipeline. Extending th... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on White House’s Rejection of Keystone Pipeline Jobs
    Jan 18, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on the Obama administration’s decision to deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project: “With an unemployment rate above 8 percent and an underemployment rate of 15 percent, I am completely bewildere... More

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