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Missourians chose incumbent Congressman Sam Graves as the Republican nominee for Missouri’s Sixth Congressional District.
According to his campaign website, Graves is a Missouri resident who worked on his family farm and was a small businessman. He earned his degree in agronomy from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Graves is the chairman of the U.S. House Transportation Committee, and ensures that American troops in Missouri receive the necessary resources.
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It took less than a week for the president of the United States to end his re-election campaign and for Democrats to replace him as their presumptive nominee. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo. 6th District, questions whether President Joe Biden ended his candidacy willingly.
“I was just very surprised, very surprised that the President decided to pull out,” Graves told Missourinet affiliate KFEQ in St. Joseph. “One day, he said he was in and there was no getting him out, and he said his cognitive ability was as good as it’s ever been. And then the next thing you know, he’s pushed out and they’ve crowned a new candidate.”
Graves supported his statement by pointing out that Biden had insisted he was staying in the race.
“And then he meets with a few, you know, party leaders and the next thing you know, he announces he’s quitting the race,” he said. “There’s nothing other, no other explanation than he was pushed out.”
Graves called the switch from Biden to Harris hypocritical.
“The other side likes to claim that President Trump is a threat to democracy,” he said. Yet they threw…the democratic process completely out and did not have an open, you know, an open forum.”
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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), along with Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC), and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Grace Napolitano (D-CA) introduced H.R. 8812, the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA) earlier this week, and it was approved by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The bill now awaits consideration by the full House.
WRDA authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Civil Works Program for projects aimed at improving the nation’s ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of water resources infrastructure. These are locally-driven projects that deliver regional and national benefits, strengthening global competitiveness and supply chains, growing the economy, moving goods, and protecting communities from flooding.
“Safe and reliable water infrastructure plays a central role in keeping our economy and supply chain moving, while also protecting life and property. That’s exactly what this bill provides, and that’s why WRDA delivers,” said Chairman Graves. “This bill also makes commonsense reforms to streamline project development processes at the Corps and empower local, non-federal project sponsors, which will allow water resource projects to get done faster and at a lower cost to taxpayers. And with current and expected flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, this legislation couldn’t be more timely for North Missouri. The bill continues to build on efforts to make protecting people’s lives and livelihoods the top priority on the Missouri River, and it charts a long-overdue new path forward to improve flood control on the Upper Mississippi River.”
North Missouri priorities included in WRDA 2024 are:
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An extra $220 million dollars has been added to the National Defense Authorization Act by the House Armed Services Committee, enough money for two additional C-130J planes.
Northern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves sponsored the amendment, hoping those new, modern cargo planes go to the Air National Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing based as Rosecrans Memorial Airport.
“In the base text of the bill, there was no new money for C-130Js. And so, I did offer an amendment to pull two in,” Graves tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. “Hopefully, those are going to end up in St. Joe. I’m doing everything I can to see those end in St. Joe and our folks out at the 139th Airlift Wing are doing everything that they can.”
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Congressman Sam Graves from the 6th District of Missouri announced on Thursday, March 21, 2024, that funds have been secured for the Andrew County Water Improvement Project from the appropriations bill that was signed into law in March.
Rep. Graves said, “Our communities need to know their water is safe, accessible, and available even in emergencies and droughts.”
“This is a huge project that will help upgrade water infrastructure, enabling continued growth throughout the country. I’m thrilled to secure this funding, which will ensure that Andrew County residents businesses have reliable access to clean water for years to come,” Graves concluded.
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The dean of Missouri’s congressional delegation will seek his 13th term on Capitol Hill this fall.
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Tarkio), whose massive 39-county district includes Moberly, Mexico and Martinsburg in the 939 the Eagle listening area, filed for re-election in Jefferson City on Tuesday. The Tarkio Republican tells 939 the Eagle that voters in his district are concerned about the economy and about the border.Audio Player
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“I would say the border probably tops everything. People are concerned and they’re upset. And then you hear things you know stories about illegals coming in and killing this person or committing this crime, whatever the case may be. And that’s probably the top priority and the economy being the second one. Interest rates are high, that’s hurting folks when it comes to buying new homes or buying farms or buying farm machinery,” Congressman Graves says.
A Venezuelan man is charged with murder and multiple other felonies for the recent death of 22-year-old college student Laken Riley in Georgia. Fox News reports ICE confirms the suspect entered the U-S illegally in 2022 and had previously been arrested in New York City.
Graves represents 39 counties across north Missouri, from the Mississippi river all the way to the Missouri River in northwest Missouri. His district includes Moberly and Mexico. Congressman Graves says agriculture is the common denominator in the district.Audio Player
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“It’s the most important industry in the district and that’s obviously what I do and the life that I chose. And so it means a lot,” says Graves.
His sprawling district includes numerous rural hospitals like Macon’s Samaritan Hospital, Moberly Regional Medical Center and Hannibal Regional Hospital. Congressman Graves tells 939 the Eagle that rural hospitals in his district are crucial.Audio Player
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“Hospitals always struggle particularly in a rural area because you just don’t have the population base that you have in a lot of the urban areas. But you know those emergency room services, those are the most important aspect, particularly in a rural area, when you have a problem. So we have to do everything we can. Critical access hospitals, that’s a program that we continue to make sure is viable and we continue to make sure that our hospitals are able to take advantage of that,” Congressman Graves says.
Congressman Graves spoke to the Eagle at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on Tuesday morning, after he filed. He also met with Governor Mike Parson (R), who praises Chairman Graves for helping to secure a federal grant of $93-million in additional funds for I-70.
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Northern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves has been touring his district to hear from local leaders about infrastructure needs. He is the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Missouri Congressman Sam Graves joined more than 150 other lawmakers to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to strike down the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services vaccine mandate rule for healthcare workers.
Graves said in part “our healthcare heroes showed up to work even in the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
He also said “the federal government shouldn’t be strong-arming their employers into firing them just because they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine.”
Graves introduced a similar resolution last month to strike down the OSHA vaccine mandate for private sector workers at companies with more than 100 employees.
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by Ripon Advance News Service
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) on April 14 introduced legislation to ensure rural and low-income communities can more readily use Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants to develop high-speed broadband services.
“This bill will help spur projects under EDA programs to give rural and poor communities more online access to medical care, schools, the workplace, food, and other essential services,” Rep. Graves said. “Looking beyond the nation’s current health emergency and towards our economic recovery, providing more avenues to develop broadband will also help these communities attract more jobs and business.”
Rep. Graves sponsored the Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility (E-BRIDGE) Act, H.R. 6491, with lead original cosponsor U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband deployment initiative, according to the congressional record bill summary.
If enacted, the bill would reduce barriers for broadband projects under EDA grants, such as difficult last-mile efforts that often delay rural broadband deployment, according to Rep. Graves’ office.
“With north Missourians currently being asked to stay home due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the necessity of access to broadband service is more clear than ever,” said Rep. Graves. “Completing the ‘last mile,’ in particular, is critical to ensuring that rural Americans are able to access high-speed internet.”
A northern Missouri congressman who’s a dean in the state’s congressional delegation says the $2 trillion economic stimulus package is aimed at helping America emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic stronger.
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Tarkio, represents 36 counties in northern Missouri (file photo courtesy of Congressman Graves’ office)
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Tarkio, voted for the bill on Friday. He says the bill provides $350 billion to the Small Business Administration (SBA), to supply main street businesses with the capital they need to keep the lights on and their workers on the payroll.
“And as long as they (main street businesses) continue to keep them on the payroll through July 2, then that becomes forgiven,” Graves says.
Governor Mike Parson has warned that thousands of Missourians will lose their jobs due to the outbreak. Congressman Graves says the stimulus boosts unemployment benefits for the millions of Americans who’ve lost their jobs.
Graves represents 36 counties in northern Missouri. His sprawling district is larger than nine U.S. states, and includes St. Joseph, Chillicothe, Bethany, Kirksville and Hannibal.