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Rep. Coffman in the Denver Business Journal: Let’s Reduce Regulations on U.S. Small Businesses
May 25, 2012 -
Let’s Reduce Regulations on U.S. Small Businesses By Rep. Mike Coffman, Chairman, Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Friday, May 25, 2012 Over the past three years, President Obama has issued several Executive Orders and memos to federal agencies aimed at reduc...
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Chairman Graves in the Omaha World-Herald: Ease Tax Burden on Small Businesses
May 21, 2012 -
Ease Tax Burden on Small Businesses By Chairman Sam Graves In 1789, Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, “In the world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” As many small-business owners recover from the frustration of completing their tax returns last month, some may now have to...
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Chairman Graves in CNBC: What Small Business Is the Next Facebook?
May 17, 2012 -
What Small Business Is the Next Facebook? By Chairman Sam Graves As the financial markets anticipate the initial public offering of social networking megasite Facebook this week, let us take a step back to admire this success story and the entrepreneurial free market system overall. The Facebook IP...
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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...
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Chairman Graves in FoxNews.com: Access To Capital Is Still A Major Challenge For Small Business
Apr 23, 2012 -
In Case You Missed It.... Access To Capital Is Still A Major Challenge For Small Business By Chairman Graves Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop. Today’s small business owners are facing a drought of a different type – a dearth of ca...
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Chairman Graves in the St. Joseph News-Press: Uncertainty from Washington is Holding Back Small Businesses
Apr 15, 2012 -
Uncertainty from Washington is Holding Back Small Businesses By Chairman Graves What affects job creation throughout Missouri and the United States? A lack of certainty hampering small businesses and preventing them from doing what they do best: expand their company and hire more Americans. As the ...
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Chairman Graves in the Kansas City Star: Micro-Unions and Ambush Elections: Two Very Bad Ideas from Labor Regulators
Mar 31, 2012 -
Micro-Unions and Ambush Elections: Two Very Bad Ideas from Labor Regulators By Chairman Sam Graves The rules to kickball are fairly simple. You kick the ball and then run to the base. If the ball beats you to the bag, or you get tagged, then you are out. It’s a lot like baseball. But what if the um...
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Chairman Graves in POLITICO: Stop Rising Gas Prices From Killing Small Business
Mar 5, 2012 -
Stop Rising Gas Prices From Killing Small Business By Chairman Sam Graves March 5, 2012 Our nation’s economy is at a fragile turning point in its recovery. Job creation, consumer spending and production data are slowly starting to show signs of improvement. But we are still far from the strong econ...
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Chairman Graves in The Hill: Small Business Helps Push the Economy Forward
Feb 29, 2012 -
Small Business Helps Push the Economy Forward By Chairman Sam Graves February 29, 2012 How are a majority of American jobs created? Two words: small businesses. Over the past 17 years, we can thank small businesses for creating 65 percent of new American jobs. Unfortunately, from 2007 to 2009, the ...
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Chairman Graves in Washington Examiner: JOBS Act Will Boost Small Business
Feb 24, 2012 -
JOBS Act Will Boost Small Business By Chairman Sam Graves February 24, 2012 I can't think of a better time to evaluate our nation's environment for entrepreneurship than the National Entrepreneurship Week when we recognize the role of business startups and entrepreneurship in America. Sadly, entrep...
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