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U.S. Rep. Sam Graves visits CMU campus

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Posted 9/1/10

By Kim ThompsonStaff WriterIn his first visit here in about a year, U.S. Sixth District Rep. Sam Graves stopped in at the Central Methodist University campus Monday for a look-see at the relatively …

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U.S. Rep. Sam Graves visits CMU campus

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U.S. 6th District Rep. Sam Graves, second from left, visits with veteran CMU admissions counselor Braxton Rethwisch Monday at the CMU Student and Community Center. Looking on are, from left, Bruce Addison, David and Marianne Inman.

By Kim Thompson
Staff Writer

In his first visit here in about a year, U.S. Sixth District Rep. Sam Graves stopped in at the Central Methodist University campus Monday for a look-see at the relatively new CMU Student and Community Center.

Following a tour of the center, led by university President Marianne Inman, Graves visited briefly with loyal GOP supporters in the center’s fourth floor conference center.

About 15 to 20 persons were on hand with only two or three students present and no faculty members outside of CMU administrative personnel.

With no surprises, the staunchly conservative Graves held firm to the Republican party’s stands for lower taxes, increased reliance on nuclear power and lowering the deficit.

When asked what issues he would tackle first should the Republicans seize a majority following the November election, Graves outlined his priorities:

• Reverse the dictates of the health care reform law which Graves called “a disaster.”

• Freeze stimulus spending.

• Secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

• Reign in EPA which Graves feels has “gone too far.”

• Nix cap and trade legislation.

• Advocate for a comprehensive energy plan which would utilize coal, nuclear and oil as well as wind, solar and bio-fuels. “We’ve got to build more nuclear power plants,” Graves said. He felt the moratorium on oil drilling along the Gulf coast states should be lifted. “We’re losing jobs at an unprecedented rate because of the moratorium [on oil drilling along the Gulf coast states].”

• Continue the tax cut which is set to expire in January. “The worst thing we can do is increase taxes,” Graves said.

When asked about the No Child Left Behind law, Graves said that no reauthorization is being put forward at this time. He added that if NCLB is continued, he would advocate for exempting the scores of students with Individualized Education Plans. He would also differentiate between schools which do not meet one or two criteria and those which do not meet any of the criteria. “A school which has missed one or two criteria is not a failing school.”

As an incumbent who was first elected in 2001, Graves easily won the Republican primary in August. He will face off against Clint Hylton, a Democrat from Excelsior Springs, as representative for the Sixth Congressional District.

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