06/07/2016
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"85 percent of our country's persistent poverty counties are in rural America. Poverty is not just an urban issue."
"I often say this, and I think it is true, with the exception of my partner on this subcommittee, we wake up every morning thinking about rural America."
"I think it is interesting when you look around this podium here to see that there is not a state that is not impacted by disaster."
"One of the criticisms that I frequently hear, especially of the SBA programs, is the criticism that you have--it seems like there is one hand taking, or one hand extended while the other hand is takin..."