Sam Graves
U.S. Representative for Missouri
Samuel Bruce Graves, Jr., was born in November 1963 in Tarkio, Missouri. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture. He is a sixth-generation family farmer and small businessman.
After being elected and serving one term in the Missouri House of Representatives, Graves served two terms in the Missouri Senate. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. He has served on multiple House committees.
Graves is married to Lesley, with whom he has three children. He is a Baptist.
In the News…
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, chaired by Representative Sam Graves of Missouri, approved aircraft safety legislation in response to the National Transportation Safety Board’s final report on the January 2025 midair crash between a military helicopter and an airliner. The chairman said his panel “worked diligently with the NTSB to refine and improve the legislation.”
Chairman Graves stated, “The bipartisan ALERT Act is a comprehensive package that addresses the probable cause, contributing factors and responds to all 50 safety recommendations that were issued by the NTSB.”
Representative Graves continued, “At a higher level, the ALERT Act takes important steps to improve safety throughout the nation’s airspace by ensuring the utilization of technology to enhance flight crews’ traffic awareness with visual and audio alerting, making updates to separation requirements, and helicopter route design.”
The bill includes more than two dozen actions for the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration recommended by the NTSB. Among the requirements are mandates regarding specific location transmission technology, known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), and collision prevention technologies. The House Armed Services Committee also approved the act out of committee.
Contact this Leader…
Did you pray for Representative Graves today? You can let him know at:
The Honorable Sam Graves
Representative for Missouri
1135 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
