Sam Graves
Missouri's 6th District
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- Graves and @GOPLeader highlight #NationalSmallBizWeek: If we move away from election politics we can focus on #SmallBiz http://t.co/YrM8HA7i
- Video of @RepRichardHanna's small business week district roundtable http://t.co/7UK7efAA #SmallBiz #tcot #nationalsmallbusinessweek
- Today Committee members @RepTiptonand @RepSchilling will be holding events in their home districts in honor of #NationalSmallBusinessWeek
- Check out the photos from our members’ district events in honor of #NationalSmallBusinessWeek: http://t.co/m1lRjECr http://t.co/r7fVGepK
- @SBA to hold webinar on rule included in our SBIR bills that provides more contracting opportunities to more #SmallBiz http://t.co/31uSwI1J
- Executive Director of the Independent Women’s Forum: “Obama is no friend to small businesses” http://t.co/FDTWoSUJ #SmallBiz #tcot #4jobs
- Today six of our members held #SmallBiz district events. Check out our #NationalSmallBusinessWeek blog to learn more. http://t.co/a7JiR9f4
- Congratulations to Victoria Tifft, named #SmallBiz Person of the Year by @SBA in honor of #NationalSmallBusinessWeek http://t.co/zXVB8wRN
- POTUS claimed #Obamacare tax credit would help #SmallBiz deal with law but study shows it has been grossly ineffective http://t.co/7zdSFDjK
- WH claimed 4 million #smallbiz would use health care tax credit, but GAO reports that only 170,300 claimed it!! #weak http://t.co/Ajmm6uqO
- @NYT: As #NationalSmallBusinessWeek begins, Graves urges @WhiteHouse to steer away from their burdensome biz policies http://t.co/sO7sqJFd
- The first of our #NationalSmallBusinessWeek columns: Ease Tax Burden on #SmallBiz by Chairman Graves http://t.co/KjXarLhe #NSBW
- Committee members will observe #SmallBiz week with roundtables, forums & columns check our #NSBW blog to see it all http://t.co/mCtoTvbk
- Chairman Graves previews committee action for #NationalSmallBusinessWeek http://t.co/7oxOb99m #SmallBiz #tcot
- Graves: On the eve of #NationalSmallBusinessWeek POTUS should call on Senate to pass jobs bills the House has sent over http://t.co/KXZhpcSo
- One day after calling on Congress to do more for #SmallBiz, #POTUS opposes bill to increase small firms' opportunities http://t.co/v6KN5wND
- Today on the House Floor: Graves urges support for pro-competition, commonsense #SmallBiz #Contracting reforms in #NDAA http://t.co/M2Mk3Bdu
- Graves: While I congratulate #Facebook this week- there are many #Smallbiz with same potential but no fuel to take off http://t.co/kz0LsEAG
- Graves: "We must provide small businesses with the resources necessary to increase their exports." @TheHill http://t.co/0JCnOULD
- Follow the link provided to watch a live stream of today’s 1pm hearing on the Role of #SmallBiz in US Trade strategy. http://t.co/45x99ddr
- Republicans set the stage for proactive attack on high summer gas prices, while Dems fail to help at the pump. http://t.co/roulJyur
- Survey after survey show that #smallbusinesses are uncertain about the economic landscape, made more unstable by the President's policies.
- RT @CantorPress: .@GOPLeader Cantor says Pres. Obama's new #smallbiz focus takes the same failed Washington-knows-best approach http://t ...
- Pres. Obama may tout programs intended to help small firms, but majority of his policies have hurt #smallbusiness http://t.co/6nG9Un9R
- Today at 1pm we will be holding a hearing titled ‘U.S. Trade Strategy: What’s next for Small Business Exporters’
- This congress cannot stall in the process to establish tax reforms that would lower rates for #SmallBiz. http://t.co/P7fcHxtS
- Why does the President continue to omit coal in what he claims to be an "all-of-the-above" #energy policy? http://t.co/csLgjXaU
- An overwhelming 71% label the economy as 'Poor'. Further proof that big gov’t policies aren’t working. http://t.co/qUVJAQbv
- @AP article highlights the testimonies from Wednesday’s hearing on the impact of high gas prices on #SmallBiz. http://t.co/5k6GY35f
- @FOXBUSINESS on ways #SmallBiz can use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to improve their Google Ranking. http://t.co/oq4R1R42
- Unseasonably warm spring weather brought consumers out to shop, but @Bloomberg reports sales have since cooled off. http://t.co/ymedn5Ak
- @FOXBUSINESS: What mistakes can ‘Main Street Shops’ avoid by learning from the blunders of larger corporations? http://t.co/tQBApqPh
- Fmr Sec of Treasury in @WSJ: "Proposals by the administration would triple the top dividend tax rate to nearly 45%." http://t.co/iE2jn13p
- Thriving over the last few decades, U.S. farmers could perhaps teach a valuable lesson about avoiding economic strife. http://t.co/jztOlM1F
- With the JOBS Act passed, crowdfunding could be the best new way for you #SmallBiz to jumpstart their growth. http://t.co/EYpLy6yr
- @FOXBUSINESS: How you can fund your #SmallBiz without taking out a loan or give up equity in your business. http://t.co/OlshEHy5
- Happy Mother's Day to all of America's #moms!
- Report finds just 22% of Americans say that the economy has improved in the past month, down from 28% in Feb. http://t.co/ieeMy8lx
- @USATODAY: U.S. broader market stocks manage to stay stable, brushing off JPMorgan’s sudden $2 billion loss. http://t.co/2cHOeMNS
- Poll shows fiscal pessimism spreading, with 35% of Americans predicting a spike in unemployment. http://t.co/2Uzh1oRY
- Federal executives need to be motivated by the threat of consequences for not meeting their #SmallBiz contracting goals http://t.co/eQ2TMe6m
- By neglecting to hold senior executives accountable to contracting goals, we are neglecting to help #SmallBiz. http://t.co/eQ2TMe6m
- Fed Cheif Ben Bernanke calls attention to potentially disastrous results of expiring tax hikes and spending cuts. http://t.co/8y0Y1l1y
- Fed Reserve Chair Bernanke warns Senate Dems to extend year-end tax provisions, or economy will reach fiscal cliff. http://t.co/8y0Y1l1y
- Cookie Driscoll spoke on behalf of all #SmallBiz in yesterday’s hearing, “We are all hurting from volatile gas prices.”http://t.co/Pa8xhpxq
- The frustrating wait for the go-ahead on #Keystone is an impetus for #SmallBiz to work to diversify the energy market. http://t.co/b6C4oM4A
- @Politico: Canadian oil execs warn us that failure to approve #KeystonePipeline could adversely affect trade relations. http://t.co/uHefZPjx
- Despite slow economy,@Reuters report shows #SmallBiz owners contributions to charity equals their take in capital. http://t.co/HbuvUQFg
- Chairman Graves continues push for NDAA bill, which will award more government contracts to #SmallBiz. http://t.co/U8YQ65ng
- At 1pm, we’ll hold a hearing on the effect of high gas prices on #smallbiz. Prices have fallen, but $3.75 is still too high.
- @WSJ: Outlook for #Energy cost relief looks grim for #SmallBiz as natural gas prices hit two month high. http://t.co/dqFhFYuk
- @POLITICO reports on Chairman Graves' new #trade bills -- Graves: Obama export plan hurts #smallbusiness: http://t.co/UN09ABwk
- TRADE for Small Business and Jobs Act aims to increase export opportunities by simplifying the complex export process for #SmallBiz
- Proposed trade bills will help #SmallBiz owners take advantage of lower tariffs, saving vital capital. http://t.co/9GOYY8Px
- High #Energy costs are placing a heavy burden on #SmallBiz, causing cut backs on hiring and employee hours. http://t.co/yegO0y0l
- Fox Business reports on introduced #SmallBiz trade bills http://t.co/DRbNdYMR
- One in 10 #SmallBiz owners list energy as their single greatest cost burden. http://t.co/yegO0y0l
- Chairmen Graves & @RepTipton op-ed on roadblocks to high #energy costs in the Washington Examiner: http://t.co/hCg73mkY
- Chairman Graves on TRADE Act: “We need to encourage more small businesses to export.”
- @TheHill reports: Chairman Graves & @RepTipton introduce bill to help small firms increase exports http://t.co/5mn0YPa9
- Graves & #SmallBiz Subcommittee Chairman @RepTipton will today introduce small business trade bills. http://t.co/FVVXl1Qf
- If US labor force was the same size as when Obama took office, the #unemployment rate would be 11%.
- If labor force participation had stayed the same as in March, #unemployment rate would have risen to 8.4%
- April nonfarm payroll comes in at a very disappointing +115,000 >> unemployment rate drops to 8.1% but only because labor force shrank.
- #Smallbiz outlook raises doubt they’ll be able to give the economy the boost it needs, as they have in past recoveries http://t.co/QWRhbEEe
- #Smallbiz owners hesitant to invest, lending dips in March. http://t.co/DhzWDmUk
- “The U.S. marginal tax rate is the highest in the world, and that is putting a big hit on small business” http://t.co/DuCvBZYs #SmallBiz
- @AP on yet another sign that businesses are losing confidence in the #economy http://t.co/KJT0jVYn #SmallBiz #4jobs #tcot
- Americans job engine is running on steam- #SmallBiz hiring slows again in April. http://t.co/sDcAyVK9
- @WSJ on the #SmallBiz owner’s struggle toward #retirement in today’s turbulent economy http://t.co/4Ig6KU9W
- Chairman Graves and @RepTipton “It appears our oversight has yielded some positive results." http://t.co/rco6QdyC #SmallBiz #4jobs
- DOL announces it would pull a harmful rule that would demolish the family as a unit of labor on their farm. http://t.co/AKx8nEUy #SmallBiz
- @AMedNews on our tax hearing: Reps pushing to lower biz taxes but 12 #Obamacare taxes will be levied by 2014 http://t.co/MzykFCt2 #Smallbiz
- “Until the credit market for small business is restored to a normal basis, the economy will not change” #Smallbiz http://t.co/OZ3WY3Xj
- More Americans than forecast filed for unemployment last week and consumer confidence declined by the most in a year http://t.co/j8p9361S
- Tune in to watch our hearing on Innovative #Energy Solutions LIVE http://t.co/NZ2mNRTF #SmallBiz
- Good read on a sector so entrenched in the national economy that they rise and fall together. http://t.co/ATyF1Tmv #SmallBiz
- @AP Headline: Democrats' latest tax target: Private corporations http://t.co/QUw3kjxL
- House GOP continues to push action on #Keystone Pipeline to create American Jobs VIDEO http://t.co/Twy5zTnN #4jobs
- @NFIB Prez: It is a war out there & the enemy takes the shape of increased taxes, political uncertainty and fear of new regulatory burdens
- “Gas this expensive, with little or no relief in sight, was kind of blindsiding for me.” The Fiscal Times Reports http://t.co/pnYJO298
- Meet one of the many Americans paddling to keep their head above water with the anchor of gas prices dragging them down http://t.co/wUHhFi4y
- Be sure to follow #SmallBiz Advocates @RepReneeEllmers @repjefflandry @RepTipton @RepSteveChabot & @RepJoeWalsh #tcot
- Chairman Graves’ Latest Op-ed on the impediments of our economy’s engine: http://t.co/zppq2ed4 #SmallBiz #4jobs
- Female lawmakers make their voices heard in support of Small Business Tax bill. http://t.co/gxrwQVmV
- Graves: Gov roadblocks are hindering #smallbiz from obtaining vital capital. http://t.co/96W8QM9C
- Already facing rising energy costs and scarce capital, they don’t need tax increases in this struggling economy, too. http://t.co/i3bqr6s6
- #CBO: @WhiteHouse budget will “hurt the economy… would reduce the amount of capital available to businesses.” http://t.co/eT1LJsqc
- Members of the Committee make the case for inclusion of #Smallbiz Contacting bills in the NDAA VIDEO http://t.co/v20V9dYZ
- Graves to #Senate: “If you truly want to support legislation that creates jobs, you should vote for this bill” http://t.co/HJpKLtB3 #4jobs
- Graves:The #SmallBiz Tax Deduction Act is just the substantive tax relief America’s entrepreneurs have been begging for http://t.co/lg0hxOGf
- Moments ago Chairman Graves spoke on the house floor and had one message: The #SmallBiz Tax Deduction Act Is Necessary http://t.co/uCEDgCyh
- Tune in to watch our hearing on equity financing LIVE http://t.co/L7qDwKXg #SmallBiz #Equiryfinance #4jobs
- Today’s testimony supported the notion that higher tax rates/uncertainty mean less capital for #SmallBiz to create jobs http://t.co/NxEZrVJQ
- #SmallBiz Tax Cut Act will inject fuel into America’s engine for growth and recovery with a 2.24% increase in capital http://t.co/noaLV4gQ
- At 1pm we will be holding a hearing on the effects of upcoming tax increases on American’s #SmallBiz, Watch Live: http://t.co/tC7k6uGu
- Not only is the #SmallBiz Tax Cut Act a catalyst for hiring, it leads to lower prices for households across the U.S. http://t.co/noaLV4gQ
- #Smallbiz #TaxDay http://t.co/ae5TZEZ5
- In light of #TaxDay we asked #SmallBiz how upcoming tax increases will affect them; check out what they had to say: http://t.co/Cl1qIreU
- New report shows #SmallBiz Tax Cut will create over 100,000 #jobs per year and yield over $112 billion more in GDP http://t.co/noaLV4gQ
