Tim Huelskamp

On Monday, President Obama claimed that the IRS was an ``independent agency.'' Mr. President, that is not true. As your chart shows, the President can remove both the Treasury Secretary and the IRS Commissioner at will. They both serve at…

I am just trying to find a way to convince folks that we would like more jobs. We would like to help grow the economy.

I want to tell you my story in case any personal stories will help you in your fight against that horrible law.

It has turned out to be the case. Plenty of evidence that good intentions don't always work, especially when you are trying to mandate from Washington what should happen in 100,000 school districts.

What is frustrating to me is, you know, my farmers and ranchers and oil and gas folks, they could care less which agency it is.

There's been a lot of talk in recent months about a ``war on women,'' but those using the term to attack pro-life supporters should look a little closer to home for the real war on women. Abortion proponents would like us to believe that…

I was unavoidably detained by the Medal of Honor ceremony for Father Emil Kapaun on Thursday, April 11th and missed rollcall votes 97, 98 and 99. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 97, ``yea'' on…

Next week an important issue will be coming before our United States Supreme Court, and that is a challenge to our Defense of Marriage Act and a challenge to a proposition in the State of California. I would encourage the Court to not be…

I appreciate the opportunity to visit with you today. And it's very interesting as we sit here and discuss the balanced approach. How do you have a balanced approach, Mr. Chairman, if you can't have a balanced budget? There are two…

We heard from GAO that in certain parts of the agency there is data falsification occurring.

I think I would be quite foolish to anticipate that if you could not get it done in 11 years, 12 years, that three more years is going to make that happen.

We just need to make sure that we have really good commercial diplomacy, really good trade agreements in effect, and that we are very forward thinking in that respect.

Thank you. I appreciate the time from such a pro-life leader. First of all, my wife, Ang, and I are proud adoptive parents of four children. Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to their birth mothers and birth families for choosing life for…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 25, lines 14 and 15, strike ``that is in excess of $1,000,000, the specifics of each such grant…

My amendment seeks to ensure maximum transparency in a process which will see billions of taxpayer dollars distributed through FEMA grants. While I appreciate that a provision was included to require the disclosure of grants over $1…

Amendment XXIII: Section 1: ``The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of…

Fifty-five percent death tax. I mean, that's the one that hits the heart of my small businessmen and -women. And they're trying to hand on their business to their children or their grandchildren or someone else they choose, and…

Oh, tremendous days are ahead of us. They say, hey, just stop doing a little of what you're doing. I'll even admit it. Some of them even say, you know what, what's there right now, as much as I don't like it, if you could just keep it the…

I appreciate the opportunity. Just like my colleagues, I've spent a little time in the real world. Some call it a recess; for many of us it was time to go back home. I admit in this job, I'll admit that I would much rather not be here and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. As we know, to much of the world, America stands for liberty, for freedom. The Capitol and the White House are recognizable symbols of how Americans…

Thank you, Congressman Graves. I appreciate your leadership. Sometimes we wish there had been someone like you on the Court today. Actually, before we forget, as for one of the five votes that upheld ObamaCare, in any other court of law…

As a farmer and rancher myself, I am very concerned by this amendment. One might be led to believe that with the adoption of this amendment, somehow important research would continue. Actually the opposite is true, Mr. Chairman. We have…

I think the extended unemployment insurance benefits artificially pushed up the unemployment rate.

The Obama jobs deficit is a 13 million dollar--13 million job failure that they failed.

I know the hour is late; but as I think many of us believe, our Nation is not a Nation of men; it's a Nation of laws. When a Congress passes and a President of any party signs a bill into law, Mr. Chairman, it is the law of the land. And…