GRAVES, SAMUEL B JR 'SAM'

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GRAVES, SAMUEL B JR 'SAM'
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: Experience: House: District 6, 2001-Present; Home State: Missouri; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,158,693Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Samuel 'Sam' B. Graves

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Lesley; 3 Children: Megan, Trey, Emily

Birth Date: 11/07/1963

Birth Place: Tarkio, MO

Home City: Tarkio, MO

Religion: Baptist

Education

BS, Agronomy, School of Agriculture University of Missouri, Columbia, 1986

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 6, 2000-present

Senator, Missouri State Senate, 1994-2000

Representative, Missouri State House of Representatives, 1992-1994

Current Legislative Committees

Armed Services, Member

Subcommittee on Aviation, Member

Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, Chair

Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, Member

Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, Member

Transportation and Infrastructure, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Rural Caucus, present

Professional Experience

Small Business Owner, present

Farmer, present

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Farm Bureau, present

Member, First Baptist Church, present

Former Member, Missouri Historical Society

Former Member, National Guard and Reserve Components, Congressional Members Organization

Former Member, Rotary Club

Former Member, University Extension Council

Former Member, Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Support In order to recover from the Great Recession, the federal government should institute stimulus for private corporations for more hiring.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Support School choice helps the poor who would otherwise be stuck in failing schools. Vochers for school choice can improce the education.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Support It is necessary to expand military under financial budgets. Only our military are strong enough, our people can live freely enough.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Oppose Women or minorities should fend for themselves rather than relaying on government interventions, because government should not enforce this.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 188

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
07/29/2015	H.R.3056	Stop the EPA Act of 2015	07/29/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (All Actions)
07/23/2015	H.R.3188	COST Act	07/23/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
05/19/2015	H.R.2441	AVG Flying Tigers Congressional Gold Medal Act	05/19/2015 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)
05/18/2015	H.R.2156	Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015	05/18/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/08/2015	H.Res.253	Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's teachers to building and enhancing the Nation's civic, cultural, and economic well-being.	05/08/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
04/21/2015	H.R.1528	End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2015	04/21/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (All Actions)
03/26/2015	H.R.1623	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the length of time for a certain permit.	03/26/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
03/17/2015	H.R.1370	To direct the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise certain authorized purposes described in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual.	03/17/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
03/16/2015	H.R.1062	Pilot's Bill of Rights 2	03/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
01/06/2015	H.Res.12	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.	01/06/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
12/12/2014	H.R.2750	Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014	12/12/2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500. (All Actions)
09/18/2014	H.R.5600	Franchise Financing Improvement Act of 2014	09/18/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
09/18/2014	H.R.5599	Small Business Loan Simplification Act of 2014	09/18/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
09/16/2014	H.Res.728	Expressing support for the designation of a "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.	09/16/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
09/02/2014	H.R.5034	Stop the EPA Act of 2014	09/02/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (All Actions)
08/11/2014	H.R.5220	No More Land Act	08/11/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. (All Actions)
07/23/2014	H.Res.681	Recognizing the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as America's National World War II Aviation Museum.	07/23/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
06/20/2014	H.R.3974	To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the TRICARE Program for adult children of members and former members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.	06/20/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
05/06/2014	H.Res.571	Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's teachers to building and enhancing the Nation's civic, cultural, and economic well-being.	05/06/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
04/09/2014	H.R.4094	Contracting Data and Bundling Accountability Act of 2014	04/09/2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 302. (All Actions)

Total: 1532

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
05/11/2017	H.R.2228	Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017
05/04/2017	H.R.2383	American Renewable Fuel and Job Creation Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2052	PRIVATE Act
04/28/2017	H.R.2224	Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act
04/25/2017	H.R.2134	Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act
04/07/2017	H.R.1904	Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017
04/07/2017	H.R.1895	Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2017
04/05/2017	H.Con.Res.41	Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States declaration of war against Germany and entry into World War I and recognizing and appreciating the lasting historical significance and heroic human endeavor and sacrifice of the United States Armed Forces in that conflict.
04/05/2017	H.R.1384	Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act
04/05/2017	H.R.299	Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
04/04/2017	H.Con.Res.45	Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
03/29/2017	H.R.1698	Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
03/29/2017	H.R.679	Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017
03/29/2017	H.R.33	Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2017
03/06/2017	H.R.1212	BRAVE Act of 2017
03/06/2017	H.R.1149	Nuclear Family Priority Act
03/02/2017	H.R.1171	ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017
03/29/2017	H.R.26	Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
03/23/2017	H.R.1697	Israel Anti-Boycott Act
03/17/2017	H.R.1311	Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

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