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  • Chairman Graves' Statement on NFIB Report
    Oct 9, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued a statement in response to the September survey of small businesses by the National Federation of Independent Business. The NFIB report confirms the results of two small business surveys independently released last week by the U.... More
  • Chairman Graves: Now Is the Time to Provide Certainty for Small Businesses
    Oct 5, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement in response to the report by the U.S. Department of Labor that 114,000 jobs were created in September for an unemployment rate of 7.8 percent: “In an economy in which nearly 23 million people are in need o... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on Small Business Surveys
    Oct 4, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement in response to the third quarter survey of small businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber poll found that 89% say tax increases will hurt their small businesses, 83% will not hire over the n... More
  • Sequestration Will Slash Nearly a Million Small Business Jobs
    Sep 20, 2012 - The Small Business Committee today held a hearing on the effects of sequestration on small business contractors and the industrial base. The hearing’s testimony included new data that shows that of the 2.14 million jobs at risk, 956,000 small business jobs will most likely be cut as a result of sequ... More
  • 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

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