Cutting Spending & Balancing the Budget

  • Graves, GA House Delegation Urge Appropriators to Approve SHEP Funding
    Apr 2, 2014 - Today, all 14 members of the Georgia House delegation sent a letter to Congressman Mike Simpson (ID-2), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, outlining their priorities for the fiscal year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill. The letter requests tha... More
  • Rep. Graves Praises FY15 Ryan Budget And Its Support For More State Control Of Highway Funding
    Apr 1, 2014 - Today, U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI-1) released the Fiscal Year 2015 House Republican Budget proposal, which contains concepts from U.S. Rep. Tom Graves’ (R-GA-14) Transportation Empowerment Act. Specifically, the Ryan Budget calls for providing states more flexibility to fun... More
  • Rep. Graves Questions Key Administration Official About Savannah Harbor Project Delay
    Mar 26, 2014 - Washington, D.C. – During today’s House Appropriations’ Energy and Water Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ budget, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) questioned Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy about the Obama Administration’s surprise delay of the S... More
  • Rep. Graves Votes To Allow Congress To Sue The President For Failing To Enforce Laws
    Mar 12, 2014 - Today, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) voted for, and the House passed, the ENFORCE the Law Act, a bill to allow the House or Senate to sue the president of the United States if the president or Executive Branch employees fail to administer or enforce the law as required by Article II, Section 3, of ... More
  • Congress Lands 14 Counterpunches Against Government Abuse
    Mar 11, 2014 - Congress Lands 14 Counterpunches Against Government Abuse By Rep. Tom Graves Congress just wrapped up “Stop Government Abuse Week” and I believe we landed some solid counterpunches against government overreach. The U.S. House passed fourteen bills to empower American families and businesses. This st... More
  • Transparent Airfares Act Introduced By Rep. Graves, Bipartisan Group
    Mar 6, 2014 - UPDATE 4/9/14: ​The Transparent Airfares Act has been approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (bipartisan voice vote). Click here to read the Committee press release. Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House will restore transparency to the advertising of U.S. airlin... More
  • Georgia Delegation Urges Obama Administration to Support Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
    Mar 6, 2014 - Today, all 16 members of the Georgia congressional delegation sent a letter to Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), expressing disappointment in OMB for its failure to support for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP.) Earlier this week, the Obama administrat... More
  • Rep. Graves Receives New Appropriations Subcommittee Assignments
    Jan 30, 2014 - Today, the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations announced new subcommittee assignments for the 2nd session of the 113th Congress. U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14), a member of the committee, now serves on the Subcommittees on Energy and Water, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and will rem... More
  • State of the Union: Rep. Graves Responds
    Jan 28, 2014 - Rep. Graves Responds: Opportunity Through Freedom U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) issued the following message tonight in response to President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address: Click here to watch. Click here to listen (MP3 file). Transcript: Hi, I’m Congressman Tom Graves. Tonight, we heard ... More
  • Rep. Graves Announces 2014 County Connection Schedule
    Jan 24, 2014 - Today, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) announced the 2014 schedule for the 14th Congressional District’s County Connection program. Under the program, members of Rep. Graves’ official staff hold office hours in counties across the district so that constituents who live further away from the Dalton or... More

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