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Sam Graves Quotes

The federal government spends nearly half a trillion dollars on contracted goods and services; therefore, we must ensure that the money is being spent efficiently, and small businesses have proven that they can do quality work cheaper and often faster.

– Sam Graves

The RFA requires federal agencies to assess the economic impact of their regulations on small firms, and if significant, consider less burdensome alternatives. Federal agencies sometimes fail to comply at all, or simply ‘check the box,’ fulfilling the letter of the law, while missing the purpose of the law entirely.

– Sam Graves

Claiming to ‘fight for small business’ is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.

– Sam Graves

The mismanagement of the Small Business Health Options program is very frustrating.

– Sam Graves

Part of any solution to get our economy going should include steps to free up our small businesses by peeling back unnecessarily burdensome regulations, ending the continual threats of tax hikes, and addressing the cloud of federal debt that hangs over our economy.

– Sam Graves

The trend in entrepreneurship is up, but an entrepreneur’s ability to hire is down.

– Sam Graves

The SBA should be redirected to focus on its core missions of capital access, contracting, and counseling, while reducing duplication, overlap, and wasteful spending. Doing so will greatly improve its ability to better advocate for small businesses.

– Sam Graves

Federal regulations should promote safety without unnecessarily burdening small firms and costing much-needed jobs.

– Sam Graves

The value of small business contracting is indisputable. These firms bring healthy competition to the federal market to drive down prices. They are our nation’s innovators and job creators, and securing a federal contract helps them grow and offers more benefit to the economy.

– Sam Graves

Trade agreements are important because they open up new marketplaces to small businesses, which ultimately translates into more jobs and greater economic growth.

– Sam Graves

If we don’t enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.

– Sam Graves

Walt Disney grew up in Marceline, but almost every child has grown up with his beloved characters.

– Sam Graves

Small business owners are experiencing great uncertainty because of the possibility of tax increases, the inconsistent flow of credit, an outrageous national debt, high energy costs, and overreaching federal regulations.

– Sam Graves

Government does not create jobs, but it can help set the table for economic growth with the right policies.

– Sam Graves

I want to take a close look at the SBA to see what works, what doesn’t, what is duplicative, and what isn’t even being utilized. We’ll focus on what they do well and strengthen those areas.

– Sam Graves

Improving small business opportunities through federal contracts creates jobs and saves taxpayer money.

– Sam Graves

The fact that two-thirds of Americans who work at small businesses will see premium increases because of the health law is devastating news. This is one more in a long line of broken promises from President Obama and Washington Democrats.

– Sam Graves

Legitimate small businesses are put at a huge competitive disadvantage when bad actors lie about their small business status and don’t play by the rules.

– Sam Graves

Our priorities are out of whack. We spend too much to protect birds and fish at the expense of people.

– Sam Graves

Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.

– Sam Graves

When we stop running up huge budget deficits and start acting responsibly in Washington, we will provide small-business owners with the certainty they need to put Americans back to work.

– Sam Graves

The majority of ground in the U.S. is owned by the federal government, and right now, very little of it is accessible to anybody that is trying to produce oil and gas, and we need to be opening that up.

– Sam Graves

The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.

– Sam Graves

Kansas City is one of the most convenient airports in the nation.

– Sam Graves

The recession’s high unemployment rates may have encouraged people to start sole proprietorships, but there are many obstacles in the way of growing a company to create jobs.

– Sam Graves

By necessity, budgets require hard choices.

– Sam Graves

A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.

– Sam Graves

When I pick my subcommittee chairmen, I look for people that understand what it’s like to run successful businesses, who know what it’s like to sign the front of the check instead of the back of the check: somebody that gets it.

– Sam Graves

To keep something around just because it is already on the books, I think, is wrong.

– Sam Graves

There are 12 million illegal immigrants in this country – drawing welfare benefits, sending their children to public schools, and pushing down wages for American workers – but the problem extends well beyond amnesty and open borders.

– Sam Graves

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