Their great concern is the limits of Government and how it limits their ability to create jobs and stifles innovation through unnecessary and burdensome regulations.

Thank you for your testimony. Thank you for your team's presence with us this morning.

More guidance to come, more actual guidance.

What it brings to my mind is that getting us from this point to the certainty by December seems pretty far stretched to me, and a delay in the final implementation or the final effect of the rule is something you should consider.

Can you bring us up to date on the status? What approval process success have we had in the effort to combat Ebola?

I have been an advocate of lifting the economic embargo against Cuba for the past 15 years.

Fifteen percent of the proposed area of service is the requirement for the loan?

Thank you, Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Merkley, and members of this subcommittee for inviting me to testify today at your hearing on the Importance of Rural Development.

I just want to make sure that we were not out-Kansaned the gentleman from Oregon.

There has always been an excess, Mr. Boisvert, in the demand for RUS telecommunication loan programs.

We have no casinos in Kansas. That is almost true. Not exactly.

My understanding is that the FDA has announced something they are calling guidance as of this morning in regard to this issue.

Rural Development is largely tasked with maintaining and improving that quality of life.

The other 85 percent could have an additional provider already providing the service.

If a question is directed to you or to Rural Development, we would appreciate if we could have a response back within 4 weeks.

We want to make certain that the money the taxpayers provide you is well-spent.

We are from the government. We are here to help you.

The topic of today's hearing is Rural Development.