“The federal government has gone too far on many nonessential regulations that are harming small businesses. Employers are rightly concerned about the costs of these regulations - so they stop hiring, stop spending, and start saving for a bill from the federal government.”

American politician, born 1963

Sam Graves is an American politician serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri’s 6th congressional district. Born in 1963, he has held office since 2001 and is the dean of Missouri’s congressional delegation following the retirement of Senator Roy Blunt in 2023. He represents a district that covers most of the northern third of Missouri, stretching from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. Much of its population is in the northern part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.