Congressman Tom Graves | 14th District of Georgia

Press Releases

  • Rep. Graves To Host Senior Citizen Fairs In Dallas, Rome
    May 22, 2013 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) announced today that he will host Senior Citizen Fairs in Paulding and Floyd counties in the coming weeks. These events follow a successful Senior Citizen Fair that was held in Dalton in April. Participating in the fairs will be dozens of organizations that provide ser... More
  • Rep. Graves Votes To Bypass Obama, Build Keystone Pipeline
    May 22, 2013 - Today, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) voted for, and the House passed, the Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3), which would bypass President Obama’s 1,700 day delay of the Keystone XL pipeline by removing the need for the Presidential Permit. The legislation also limits the judicial review process,... More
  • Rep. Graves To Hold Town Hall Meeting In Paulding County
    May 20, 2013 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) will hold a town hall style meeting in Paulding County next Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Rep. Graves will speak about the latest issues before Congress and take questions from the audience. The details are as follows: What: Rep. Tom Graves holds a town hall style meeting in ... More
  • Rep. Graves: I Want To Know If The IRS Commissioner Lied To Me
    May 13, 2013 - Earlier today, Yahoo! News reported that former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman denied that the IRS targeted conservative groups when asked by Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) during an Appropriations subcommittee hearing on March 21, 2012. However, ABC News reports that “senior IRS officials in Washingto... More
  • Reps. Graves, Yoder Introduce Email Privacy Act
    May 8, 2013 - U.S. Reps. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) and Kevin Yoder (R-KS-03) have introduced H.R. 1852, the Email Privacy Act, which would protect consumer privacy interests by updating the privacy protections for electronic communication information that third-party service providers store. The legislation ensures th... More
  • Rep. Graves Opposes Internet Sales Tax
    May 6, 2013 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) issued the following statement in opposition to the internet sales tax legislation that the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on later today: “Call me a conservative, but I believe the right approach to tax fairness is to reduce rates—not force higher rates onto others. ... More
  • Rep. Graves: Reid’s Obamacare Bailout Is DOA
    May 2, 2013 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) issued the following statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s claim that Obamacare needs more funding: “I will work with every conservative in Congress to ensure that any attempt to bail out Obamacare is dead on arrival. Let’s be clear: the failure ... More
  • Rep. Graves Hails Engineered Floors Expansion, Addition Of 2,400 Jobs To NW Georgia
    May 1, 2013 - Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) issued the following statement on the announcement that Engineered Floors will invest $450 million and create 2,400 jobs over the next five years in Northwest Georgia: “The expansion of Engineered Floors is uplifting news for Northwest Georgians, who... More
  • Rep. Graves Opposes Efforts To Exempt Congress From Obamacare
    Apr 25, 2013 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) issued the following statement after Politico reported today that members of Congress are seeking to exempt themselves and congressional staff from Obamacare: “I will oppose any effort to give Congress a special exemption from Obamacare. Congress put this train wreck i... More
  • Tom Graves Op-Ed On VA Backlog: Time To Set Standards Worthy Of Our Veterans
    Apr 23, 2013 - I recently held a Veterans Benefits Fair at Berry College where we afforded veterans and their families the opportunity to learn about the benefits they’ve earned and meet privately with representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The regional VA representatives who worked the fair were knowledgeable and helpful, and it’s obvious they care deeply about the people they serve. I plan to work with them again to host similar events in the future. Although it was a good day, as I spoke with the heroes from our congressional district, I heard a lot about the deep and disturbing problem gripping veterans across the nation: the massive VA backlog. More