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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... More
  • Committee Hearing Highlights Small Business Strategies in a Recession
    Jul 25, 2012 - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Committee on Small Business, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today showcased success strategies that helped small firms survive the challenging economy. The hearing was titled, Tales of Resilience: Small Business Survival in the Recession. Despite the tough economy, some s... More
  • Hearing on Expanding Broadband Access with Three Federal Agencies
    Jul 18, 2012 - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Committee on Small Business today held a hearing appraising the role of the federal government in expanding broadband access to small businesses across the country. The Committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), expressed the need to bring more access and certainty to rural... More
  • Graves and Tipton Applaud the Reversal on DOL Youth Labor Rule
    Apr 27, 2012 - Graves and Tipton Applaud the Reversal on DOL Youth Labor Rule WASHINGTON, DC—House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s reversal of its harmfully intrusive rule on youth labor on family farms: “This Committ... More
  • Graves & Tipton Statement on National Agriculture Day
    Mar 8, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Agriculture, Energy and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Scott Tipton (R-CO) today issued a joint statement in honor of the 39th annual observance of National Agriculture Day: Chairman Graves said, “Today is set aside to not only salute our in... More
  • CQ: GOP Appropriator Determined to Stop Proposed Revisions to Child Labor Law
    Feb 3, 2012 - GOP Appropriator Determined to Stop Proposed Revisions to Child Labor Law By Ellyn Ferguson, CQ A senior Republican appropriator on Thursday vowed to stop the Labor Department from revising agriculture-safety rules for child workers, despite the agency’s decision to reconsider a proposal that farme... More
  • AgriPulse: Proposed DOL Child Labor Regs Draw Fire From All Sides
    Feb 1, 2012 - Proposed DOL Child Labor Regs Draw Fire From All Sides Agripulse The Department of Labor is likely to be in the hot seat Thursday when a House subcommittee reviews proposed regulations that could restrict how children work on U.S. farms and ranches. The plan, which has generated more than 10,000 pu... More
  • Chairman Graves in the St. Louis Dispatch: Obama Should Champion Small Business
    Aug 17, 2011 - Obama Should Champion Small Business By Chairman Sam Graves August 17, 2011 The U.S. Department of Labor reported that 117,000 jobs were created in July and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 9.1 percent. While new job growth is always welcome, in the context of the past few months, with unempl... More
  • CNN Money: Obama's Keystone Pipeline Nix Worries Small Business
    Jan 20, 2011 - 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
  • Rural America Solutions Group Sends Follow-Up letter to Administrator Jackson on EPA’s Job-Killing Policies
    Oct 28, 2010 - House Rural America Solutions Group Co-chairs, Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK), Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (R-WA), sent a letter today to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administr... More

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