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 what’s on the horizon, they are forced to curtail hiring and halt reinvesting in their business in o... Read more »
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, but almost every small business owner I have talked with tells me that over-regulation is harming t... Read more »
Tax Reform Should Include Individual Reform By Chairman Sam Graves November 17, 2011 The Internal Revenue Code is nearly 70,000 pages and about 3.8 million words long. It is highly unlikely that anyone would dispute that this complex and confusing system is in dire need of reform — especially for small businesses. Tax reform is critical to the nation’s ability to create jobs and grow the economy.... Read more »
Don’t Forget The “Forgotten 15” Jobs Bills By Chairman Sam Graves Thursday, November 3, 2011 While the nation deals with record unemployment and businesses remain uncertain about their futures, the House of Representatives is busy working on more ways to get Americans back on the job. This week, my House colleagues and I will vote on two ‘jobs’ bills: the Access to Capital for Job Creators Act (H... Read more »
The 3% Withholding Is Yet Another Burden For Small Businesses By Chairman Sam Graves October 25, 2011 Imagine that you are a small business owner who has a thin two to five percent profit margin during a tough economy and are trying to avoid laying off workers. On top of this, the federal government will begin keeping 3% of the money it owes you until the Internal Revenue Service acknowledges – m... Read more »
Energy Regulations Hurt Job Creation By Subcommittee Chairman Scott Tipton October 18, 2011 My Colorado colleague, Republican Rep. Cory Gardner, recently asked the Environmental Protection Agency’s assistant administrator, Mathy Stanislaus, whether the agency’s economic analysis had considered the effect of proposed regulations on jobs. “Not directly,” Stanislaus answered. Unfortunately, this is ... Read more »
Regulatory Review Needed, But Will It Produce Substantive Results? By Chairman Sam Graves Earlier this year, President Obama issued Executive Order 13,563, requiring all Executive branch federal agencies to establish procedures for a retrospective review all of their existing regulations. Initially, I was hopeful this review would yield real results; that the President had finally heard the pleas... Read more »
FoxNews.com: We're the Government and We Really Do Want to Hear From You By Rep. Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Small Business Committee Friday, September 16, 2011 Growing up on a family farm, I know firsthand the challenges of running a small business…challenges that only seem to be growing for today’s entrepreneurs. Every elected official in Washington, including President Obama, has been ta... Read more »
More Business for Small Businesses By: Chairman Sam Graves September 2, 2011 Our debt has dominated much of the political discussion here in Washington this year, and it will definitely be at the forefront this fall as the new congressional supercommitte searches for $1.5 trillion in federal savings. So, as we continue to address our record $14.3 trillion debt, we must look at ways to save money ... Read more »
White House Regulatory Review Appreciated, But Doesn’t Go Far Enough By Chairman Sam Graves August 30, 2011 Last Tuesday, the White House unveiled its plan to reduce and reform federal regulations. After the President’s promise in the State of the Union to ‘merge, consolidate and reorganize the federal government in a way that best serves the goal of a more competitive America,’ I was optimistic ... Read more »
