Tim Huelskamp

If rural community banks go away, who is going to finance the business of food production?

So, again, you know, the frustration, we need to quit talking and we need to do something productive here.

I appreciate that. We have heard testimony from conservative groups they thought the definition was pretty clear until about 2012, but all of the sudden it looked like they were targeted and I think there is plenty of evidence of that.

I think all of our four witnesses agreed the Tax Code was biased against small businesses and was obviously not helpful.

It is incumbent upon us to ensure that small businesses have the tools they need to succeed and are not mired in compliance complexities.

I appreciate support from the gentleman from Texas, I appreciate support from the Ways and Means Committee, and I certainly appreciate the comments across the aisle of the need for transparency. We are an information vacuum on this issue…

Budgets are more than just finances; it is a moral document that reflects our values.

The military and the Veterans' Business Outreach group, they are one of the best organizations, period, about not seeing race, color, sex, or anything else.

Today, July 27, 2015, I was not present for rollcall votes Nos. 467, 468, or 469 due to weather-related travel delays. If I had been in attendance, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote 467, ``no'' on rollcall vote 468, and ``yes''…

Don't you think you should have seen this memo that had allegations of $6 billion in improper spending, most of it directly beneath your purview?

I would argue and go back to this issue with Secretary Shinseki and others, I think many times they are let down by those around them.

H.R. 1015 will make tremendous strides at holding accountable the bad actors that attempt to defraud veteran-owned small businesses.

I have members, I have constituents that are afraid to tell me and let me make public about outrageous actions by agencies because they fear the harassment and regulatory retaliation.

I believe they lied to the committee.

This is the most misleading statement I have heard made, probably, in my 4 years on this committee.

The answer always should be, Yes, we can, we are going to look at a way.

But the core of this problem was we were being told things, as Members of Congress, that didn't match up with what was really happening.

They are tired of driving 200, 300 miles for care that they could get right down the road at their local hospital.

What I hope in the long term is, instead of worrying about necessarily what the studies say and what experts in Washington, D.C., say or some big university, some big hospital, what I am worried about is what my constituents say.

The summary of hearing after hearing on data issues is the data is not valid and not reliable.

Driving six hours. Mr. Gibson, you don't drive six hours for care. Veterans in Liberal, Kansas do today and we have got to fix that.

You are saying too bad, you still have to drive six hours for care.

You promised again and again to have a full-time doctor there, promised and never delivered.

Well, if you are still waiting for care, I would say, Mr. Gibson, it is still a disaster for that veteran.