Huelskamp: ‘This will be an historic election’
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The crowd at Congressman Tim Huelskamp’s fundraiser includes Kansas Sen. Garrett Love,
Liberal Mayor Tim Long and his wife and District 125 Representative-elect Reid Petty. L&T
photo/Robert Pierce
By ROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times The upcoming general election has been called
one of the most important in American history. Wi
th problems such as a trillion dollar budget deficit already in place, the need for reform in the
nation’s government is being called for by many across the country.
While recent polls have shown that a contingent of Republicans could take over in Congress
and in the White House, Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp said how Nov. 6 could turn out
is still up in the air.
“That’s anybody’s guess,” he said at a fundraiser Thursday at Liberal’s Hampton Inn. “I’m
cautiously optimistic.”
Huelskamp said with the general election, Kansans, as well as Americans, have an opportunity
to participate in a historic event.
“We didn’t put Mr. Obama in office, but we’re going to participate in removing him from office,”
he said. “We can do a lot better.”
One of the area’s Huelskamp said can be improved after November’s election is the nation’s
unemployment situation.
“23 million Americans looking for jobs,” he said. “We can do so much better than that. If we
were in a typical economic recovery, we’d have 10 million more people working.”
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Huelskamp talked about some of the other challenges facing the U.S., and he added that work
will begin as soon as the election is over. “The easiest task is winning the election,” he said.
“It’s what we do after Nov. 6. We’ve got some major challenges facing our country. We’ve got a
massive budget deficit. We’ve got a debt ceiling we’re about ready to crash through. We have
our credit rating downgraded by one company with another one about ready to do that in the
next six months. We have cultural problems. We have 2.5 million Americans that have quit
looking for work. We have 46.7 million Americans on food stamps.”
Huelskamp said many of his colleagues in Washington see the food stamp situation as a sign of
how generous lawmakers can be with taxpayers’ money, but he sees it much differently, as he
does unemployment.
“It’s a sign to me of how tough the economy is,” he said. “A certain segment of our society
doesn’t expect to work anymore. It’s not good for them, and it’s not good for our country. I am
optimistic we can turn that around.”
Huelskamp said many employers are waiting to see what happens with the election before
making any improvements to their businesses.
“They want to hire people,” he said. “They want to put them back to work. They want to expand.
They’re just not going to do that. They’ve got this gnawing that’s something’s not quite right.”
Huelskamp said his first term in the nation’s capital has been an education just as it was when
he served in the Kansas Senate.
“You learn in Topeka, and you learn in Washington really quickly that it’s not an individual
sport,” he said. “It’s a team sport. It’s about working together. Right now is a time where we’re
really split apart more than ever.”
Huelskamp said he feels hopeful about the near future in America, but he continues to remain
cautious about issues on the horizon for the country.
“I’m optimistic, but there’s a lot of work ahead,” he said. Today I will have to you in the form in which it was required to roll round has already been given
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