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  • 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
  • Graves Announces Hearing on the Effect of Sequestration on Small Business
    Sep 13, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the impact of sequestration on small business federal contractors. The hearing, titled, Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base, is scheduled to be... More
  • Chairman Graves: June Jobs Report "Not Enough"
    Jul 6, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 80,000 jobs were created in June while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent: “Month after month of weak job growth is just not enough. Th... More
  • Mulvaney Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Competitive Reforms in Federal Prison Contracting
    Jun 28, 2012 - The Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, under the direction of Chairman Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), today held a hearing examining the effects of current federal prison contracting on small business competition, and exploring the legislative solutions proposed in the Federal Prison I... More
  • Subcommittee Examines GSA Contracting Opportunities for Small Business
    Jun 7, 2012 - House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, under the Chairmanship of Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), today held a hearing on contracting issues and opportunities for small businesses within the General Services Administration (GSA). Specifically, the Subcommittee focused on GSA’s Mu... More
  • Graves Applauds Passage of NDAA, Provisions To Improve Procurement Opportunities For Small Business
    May 18, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today released the following statement on the House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2013 (NDAA), which includes legislation reported by the Small Business Committee that will help increase contracting opportun... More
  • Graves Floor Speech: "NDAA Boosts Small Business Opportunities"
    May 17, 2012 - Chairman Sam Graves Floor Speech on the Rule for H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for FY13 May 17, 2012 (Remarks as Prepared) CLICK HERE for video. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support House Resolution 661, which allows for full and fair debate on the National Defense Authorization Act. Give... More
  • Graves Testifies on Small Business Contracting Legislation & the NDAA
    Apr 17, 2012 - The House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today testified during a House Armed Services Committee hearing about including the Committee’s small business contracting legislation in the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. Earlier this year, the Small Business Commi... More
  • Bloomberg Government: Small Vendor Protests Delay $32 Billion U.S. Drug Contract
    Apr 4, 2012 - Small Vendor Protests Delay $32 Billion U.S. Drug Contract By Kathleen Miller DMS Pharmaceutical Group Inc. says it’s had enough. After the Department of Veterans Affairs excluded small businesses from its largest contract for the third time, the 25-employee Park Ridge, Illinois, drug wholesaler fi... More
  • Small Businesses Short-Changed on U.S. Contracts for 10 Years
    Mar 29, 2012 - Small Businesses Short-Changed on U.S. Contracts for 10 Years The U.S. government has missed its small-business contracting goal every year in the past decade, a sign of the continuing barriers facing companies seeking federal work. The government has a target of awarding 23 percent of eligible pri... More

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