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  • Rep. Graves votes to cut payroll taxes, protect social security, and create jobs
    Dec 13, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) issued the following statement after voting for HR 3630, the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011.” The measure extends the payroll tax cut for one year and renews aid for the unemployed, while cutting back the maximum length of jobless benefits from t... More
  • Rep. Graves votes in support of Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011
    Dec 8, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) issued the following statement after voting for H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, which prohibits the EPA from regulating dust produced from farming-related activities. More
  • Rep. Graves votes in support of REINS Act
    Dec 7, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) issued the following statement after voting for H.R. 10, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. Rep. Graves is also a co-sponsor of this legislation. The REINS Act would send any major rule that is estimated to cost the U.S. economy more th... More
  • Rep. Graves Co-Sponsors the CLEAR Act of 2011
    Dec 1, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) announced Thursday he is a co-sponsor of H.R. 100, the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act (CLEAR Act), legislation that will empower local law enforcement agencies to better enforce immigration laws. The CLEAR Act would give state and local law enforc... More
  • Isakson, Graves Introduce the HOME Act to Help Americans Keep their Homes
    Oct 5, 2011 - Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) issued the following statement after introducing the HOME Act, a bill to allow Americans to make withdrawals from their retirement accounts to pay timely mortgage payments, in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of ... More
  • THIS SATURDAY: Rep. Graves Hosting Fall 2011 North Georgia Academy Day
    Sep 15, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09), in coordination with Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), is hosting the Fall 2011 North Georgia Academy Day on Saturday, September 17, 2011, at North Georgia College and State University in the Memorial Hall Gymnasium. This event is open to all students, grades 8-12, and ... More
  • Graves Commemorates The 10th Anniversary Of The 9/11 Terror Attacks
    Sep 11, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) issued the following statement to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks against the United States: “On September 11, 2001, a radical ideology of oppression attacked a land of freedom and hope. As we witnessed cowardly acts of evil fo... More
  • Graves Responds To President Obama’s Jobs Speech
    Sep 8, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) issued the following response to President Barack Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress about the unemployment crisis in America: “Tonight, President Obama made it clear that he plans to call the same big government plays that have already failed America. His c... More
  • Graves Statement On August Unemployment Report
    Sep 2, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s August unemployment report, which showed the jobless rate remained at 9.1 percent: “The August jobs report confirms that President Obama’s government-focused agenda has made it nearly impossible for the U.S. e... More
  • Graves Announces More Town Hall Meetings
    Aug 22, 2011 - In continuing his summer town hall series, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) has announced the details of the three remaining meetings for Georgians in the 9th Congressional District. The town hall meetings are set for the counties of Forsyth, Lumpkin, and Fannin, and are intended to serve the resident... More

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