Congressman Sam Graves is a life long resident of Missouri's Sixth Congressional District. As a small businessman and a sixth-generation, full-time family farmer, Sam spent his life working to make Missouri a better place to live, work, and raise a family. In Congress, Sam serves as the Chairman of the Small Business Committee. Small businesses create 7 out of every 10 jobs in this country. It is important that our policies encourage innovators and entrepreneurs to follow their dreams and create jobs. Sam also serves on the Transportation Committee where he continues to fight for Missouri roads, bridges, rail lines and airports. Congressman Graves was born in Tarkio, Missouri on November 7, 1963. He graduated from Tarkio High School in 1982 and attended college at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he received his degree in Agronomy from the School of Agriculture. In 1992, Sam won his first race for State Representative. In 1994, Sam was elected as State Senator for the 12th Senatorial District and was subsequently re-elected in 1998. Sam's leadership has not only been recognized by his constituents, but from organizations like the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business Development Corporation, and the Missouri State Medical Association. As a father, farmer, businessman, and former State legislator, Sam knows first hand the values, hopes, and beliefs of the hard-working families of the Sixth District, and will continue to work tirelessly for them in the United States House of Representatives. As your Congressman, Sam will continue to fight for Missouri families. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:30:00 GMT Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:30:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor reported more disappointing news. The economy created only 96,000 jobs in August, the unemployment rate remains above 8 percent, and more than 350,000 Americans have dropped out... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves/2012/09/07/the_latest_jobs_report_falls_short_yet_again 11900f17-84e8-451e-802b-80403acba8b9 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:30:00 GMT Last month, Sen. 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 what job creators the Majority Leader is talking to, but... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves/2011/12/07/small_businesses_want_washington_to_rein_in_regulations 73e40b94-0d3b-4228-ab5c-704b4383dea5 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:41:00 GMT Our nation is facing an unemployment crisis unlike anything we have seen for quite some time. Today's announcement for September's unemployment numbers is another reminder of how serious our problem is. Since... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves/2011/10/07/threat_of_lawsuits_will_make_unemployment_worse 00d1bcc1-fccf-4dcc-ac09-8036f69b2926 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT 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,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves/2011/09/27/regulatory_review_needed,_but_will_it_produce_substantive_results edf5397c-d257-4810-8038-2194cd7cbaf8 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT Today marks one year since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 was signed into law. One year since Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and former Senator Chris Dodd (R-CT) chose to ignore our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves/2011/07/21/small_businesses_aren't_celebrating_dodd-frank_anniversary 9b066a2f-fcf7-4519-85ce-5712d08f47d7 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:06:00 GMT Small businesses are the cornerstone of the American economy. They employ over half of the country's private sector workforce and create seven out of every ten new jobs. The answer to our country's long-term... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves/2011/04/06/stronger_regulatory_enforcement_will_spur_small_business_job_creation 36f98c0e-7df6-43b2-83cd-3402862d6f0f Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:02:00 GMT At the start of the 112th Congress, my fellow Republicans and I made a commitment to turn the country's economy around and get Americans back to work. Over the past two years in the minority, we could do little as the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SamGraves/2011/03/17/spending_cuts_mean_more_small_business_job_creation 3b6ef375-01d7-4050-ad7c-79e8a84ab50f Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:59:24 GMT