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" This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority. "
Sam Graves
Priorities
People
Need
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" 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. "
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Want
Well
Focus
" As threats emerge - from ISIS to Russia to the Iranian nuclear program - we need a president with the resolve to defend our country and not back down. "
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Back
Need
Down
" I have no preconceived notions of what SBA programs work or not. "
Sam Graves
Work
Programs
Preconceived
" 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. "
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Business
Small
Create
" Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington. "
Sam Graves
Nation
Small
Uncertainty
" 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. "
Sam Graves
Institutions
Hire
Deal
" Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step. "
Sam Graves
Support
Important
Step
" By necessity, budgets require hard choices. "
Sam Graves
Necessity
Hard
Choices
" Small business is America's engine of job creation. "
Sam Graves
America
Small
Job
" The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects. "
Sam Graves
Country
Long-Term
Certainty
" 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. "
Sam Graves
Business
Good
Doing
" Government does not create jobs, but it can help set the table for economic growth with the right policies. "
Sam Graves
Government
Create
Help
" 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. "
Sam Graves
Community
Great
People
" It's mystifying to me why the House leadership will not allow a straight up-or-down vote on a pay raise. I vote against every pay raise because taxpayers deserve better. "
Sam Graves
Me
Vote
Leadership
" To keep something around just because it is already on the books, I think, is wrong. "
Sam Graves
Wrong
Books
Just Because
" Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop. "
Sam Graves
I Am
Crop
Drought
" 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. "
Sam Graves
Nation
More
Law
" I'm not in favor of any amnesty whatsoever. "
Sam Graves
Amnesty
Any
Favor
" 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. "
Sam Graves
Matter
Fight
Congress
" There are programs that don't work. "
Sam Graves
Work
Programs
" Growing up on a family farm, I know firsthand the challenges of running a small business... challenges that only seem to be growing for today's entrepreneurs. "
Sam Graves
Family
Challenges
Today
" 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. "
Sam Graves
American
Drawing
Children
" There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with. "
Sam Graves
Out
Problem
Grudge
" 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. "
Sam Graves
Opportunity
Confidence
Integrity