Top 66 Sam Graves Quotes

I want people to be able to give their voice.

I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.

It’s time for some common sense from federal agencies.

At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.

The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.

Saying that you are advocating on behalf of small business does not grant a license to spend at will on more and more programs without congressional input, oversight, or statutory authority.

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

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

There are a lot of folks out there that love the convenience of the Kansas City airport. That’s one of the biggest things it’s got going for it.

The federal government has invested billions in Metro, yet the system is not safe and is not reliable.

A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or ‘peers’ to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the ‘sharing economy.’ Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.

I have no preconceived notions of what SBA programs work or not.

I have personally seen Ted Cruz stand up and fight on the issues that matter the most to conservatives, even when it wasn’t popular in Congress.

The few effective provisions of Dodd-Frank are masked by its many flaws – flaws that have been and will continue to be detrimental to the American economy and our financial future if not reversed.

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

We must secure our borders and restore the rule of law, and more than anyone running, Ted Cruz has fought to make this nation secure while protecting our constitutional rights.

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.

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.

The sky isn’t falling. We’re not going to have more meteors hit because of sequestration.

Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.

The P2P marketplace extends into other markets where individuals are monetizing underutilized assets. Lodging is one example. Instead of finding a hotel room, in the sharing economy you can rent a spare room from a local resident.

I’m not in favor of any amnesty whatsoever.

America is a collection of people from different races, religions, and backgrounds – that is part of what makes us great. But a common language is what brings all of those people together to form a community.

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

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.

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.

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

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

By necessity, budgets require hard choices.

The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America’s small businesses.

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

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

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.

Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.

Economic recovery begins with our small businesses.

Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.

It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.

Access to capital is critical for small business success and crucial to our economic recovery. Without access to capital, many small companies are not able to maintain operations, let alone expand and create new jobs.

Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.

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.

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

I do not like toll roads. Taxpayers are already paying for those roads through their gas taxes, and then to turn around and tell them they need to pay more to drive on the roads, I don’t like it.

We must get government out of the way and help foster an environment where small businesses are free to grow and create jobs.

It’s important for Republicans to nominate someone who not only has a vision of how to create jobs, but who has done it. That’s why I am endorsing Texas Governor Rick Perry for President.

Time and time again, small businesses testify before the Committee on Small Business that they simply want the government to ‘get out of the way.’

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.

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.

Small business is America’s engine of job creation.

Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.

I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do – support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans.

We have been fighting for solutions that will spur economic growth and create jobs for all Americans because we have been listening to what small business owners and employees have been telling us all along.

Government should stand aside and let the business community prosper instead of imposing new regulations that will only stifle growth and limit access to capital.

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

By and large, small companies don’t want to settle for part-time employees over full-time positions.

The federal government has gone too far on many nonessential regulations that are harming small businesses. Employers are rightly concerned about the costs of these regulations – so they stop hiring, stop spending, and start saving for a bill from the federal government.

Competition is a powerful and essential part of this nation’s economy and vital to cutting government costs.

I have heard firsthand from several small business owners about their struggle to borrow and their fear of taking on additional debt.

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.

In order to help small businesses gain access to the credit and capital they need to run their business successfully, Congress must adopt policies that support functional capital markets without imposing undue restrictions on providers of debt and equity capital.

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

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

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.

We owe it to American taxpayers to make sure that contracts intended for small businesses go to small businesses.

Administrator McCarthy and the EPA will soon find out that Washington bureaucrats are becoming far too aggressive in attacking our way of life. Administrator McCarthy should be apologizing to Missourians. EPA aggression has reached an all-time high, and now it must be stopped.