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  • Coffman: PPACA’s Medical Loss Ratio is Bad Policy and Bad for Small Business
    Dec 15, 2011 - WASHINGTON, D.C.— House Small Business Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Coffman (R-CO) today held a subcommittee hearing to examine new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) and its effect on job creation. Some have argued t... More
  • Washington Examiner: ObamaCare Insurance Regs Raise Costs, Kill Jobs
    Dec 15, 2011 - ObamaCare Insurance Regs Raise Costs, Kill Jobs By Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner A small business health insurer broker testified today that Obamacare's Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) regulations has cut his revenues, forced many of his competitors out of business, and may end the small business insu... More
  • Chairman Graves in The Washington Times- Holiday Wish: Economic Certainty
    Dec 12, 2011 - Holiday Wish: Economic Certainty By Chairman Sam Graves What tops the holiday wish list for American small-business owners? Economic certainty. Certainty is everything for a small business, and Washington is a large part of providing that certainty - or uncertainty. When business owners don’t know ... More
  • Walsh Holds Field Hearing on How Uncertainty Faced by Small Businesses Stunts Job Creation
    Dec 12, 2011 - “Certainty is the number one factor for small business owners in deciding whether they can expand or hire more employees.” WOODSTOCK, ILL.— House Small Business Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access Subcommittee Chairman Joe Walsh (R-IL) today held a field hearing in Woodstock, Ill., to examine ho... More
  • Graves and Hall Announce Deal On SBIR Reauthorization
    Dec 12, 2011 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Ralph Hall (R-TX) tonight announced that a deal to reauthorize the SBIR/STTR program, which was set to expire on December 16th, has been agreed upon. Legislation to reauthorize the pr... More
  • Graves Discusses Questionable Government Contract on CNN’s AC360
    Dec 9, 2011 - Graves: "You certainly can't ignore the political connections between the company and the administration.” WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last night, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) participated in a special report by CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on a suspicious $433-million government con... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act
    Dec 8, 2011 - “With our economy struggling to rebound from the downturn, now is not the time to saddle small agriculture producers with higher costs and more onerous regulations that could drive them out of business.” WASHINGTON, D.C.— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today voted in favor... More
  • Chairman Graves in CNBC: Small Business Owners Want Washington to REIN in Regulations
    Dec 7, 2011 - Small Business Owners Want Washington to REIN in Regulations By Chairman Sam Graves Last month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the case on the Senate floor that government regulations don’t harm the economy and job creation. I’m not sure which job creators the majority leader is talking to,... More
  • Chairman Graves Statement on November Jobs Report
    Dec 2, 2011 - WASHINGTON— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 120,000 jobs were created in November while the unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent: “November’s employment numbers are positive news in a yea... More
  • Ellmers Subcommittee Examines Issues Facing Small Businesses in Combating Cyber Terrorism
    Dec 1, 2011 - “Statistics also show that nearly 60 percent of small businesses will close within six months after a cyber attack. Given the fact that small companies are our nation’s best job creators and economic drivers— this is greatly alarming.” WASHINGTON, D.C.— House Small Business Healthcare and Technology... More

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