ms. kuster: i am opposed in its current form. the clerk: ms. kuster of new hampshire moves to recommit the bill h.r. 1195 to the committee on financial services with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment. add at the end the following section 4. prohibition against participation by persons employed by companies engaged in predatory practices related to service members. no person shall be he eligible to stay a member of the small business advisory board, credit union advisory council, or community bank advisory council who has in the last 10 years been employed by or acted as an agent of the company that has been subject to a state or federal enforcement action, including a consent order settlement, or deferred prosecution agreement for one -- the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will cease the reading. the house will be in order. the clerk will proceed. the clerk: one unfair abusive or deceptive acts or practices in relation to the provision of consumer credit products to veterans or service member

ms. kuster: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk, amendment number 2 and i offer that amendment at this time. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in house report 114-74 offered by ms. kuster of new hampshire. the chair: the the gentlewoman from new hampshire, ms. kuster, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new hampshire. ms. kuster: the underlying bill before us today sthorses a small business advisory board to advise the protection bureau on small businesses and practices. i agree that small businesses must have a seat at the table when federal regulators make decisions with wide-arranging consequences for our economy and i appreciate that this legislation encourages the participation of women-owned and minority-owned businesses on the board. these entrepreneurs have unique prospecttives and concerns and they would be well served by leading their input. similarly, as a member of t

ms. kuster, on h.r. 1195 and provides a motion to recommit for each bill. mr. chairman -- mr. speaker, i rise today to support the resolution and the underlying legislation. each of these bills is important to providing fairness and certainty for our nation's tax code. ensuring our nation's small business and family farms are able to pass on to the next generation and ensuring our nation's community banks, credit unions, and small businesses are able to work with federal regulators and have their voices heard. today is april 15. it's tax day. millions of americans are filing their taxes today. they go through this annual process and many americans are frustrated today. because sometimes the tax code is frustrating. unfortunately, the tax code's also frustrated by the fact that millions of americans have to wait until the last minute to find out what the tax code will be because so many provisions in our tax code are temporary. last year, the tax -- so-called tax extender package, a batch of tax provisions, was retroactively applied for the entire year of 2014, but it didn't ge

ms. flanz:rep. kuster: the sooner you can get to the retaliatory behavior, the sooner you will be going through for years on end example such as these. thank you and i apologize for going over. >> to her now recognize for five minutes. >> you still don't have an office? why hasn't he got in his regular office back? ms. lerner: i don't know, but i will find out. rep. benishek: obviously he is back in good faith and i would like that. rep. benthis is the same supervisor you have had all along? dr. head: no, really, it is dr. dean norman. rep. benishek: this is not a hip of violation, so why are they accused of violations? ms. flanz: we are very protective of patient care information and not all supervisors are aware of the right of supervisors to provide that information to other oversight bodies. rep. benishek: miss lerner, what changes have occurred since last year's hearing? ms. lerner: we have many more cases to investigate. we have been able to do a little bit of hiring, working full-time on v.a. cases

ms. kuster, on h.r. 1195 and provides a motion to recommit for each bill. mr. chairman -- mr. speaker, i rise today to support the resolution and the underlying legislation. each of these bills is important to providing fairness and certainty for our nation's tax code. ensuring our nation's small business and family farms are able to pass on to the next generation and ensuring our nation's community banks, credit unions, and small businesses are able to work with federal regulators and have their voices heard. today is april 15. it's tax day. millions of americans are filing their taxes today. they go through this annual process and many americans are frustrated today. because sometimes the tax code is frustrating. unfortunately, the tax code's also frustrated by the fact that millions of americans have to wait until the last minute to find out what the tax code will be because so many provisions in our tax code are temporary. last year, the tax -- so-called tax extender package, a batch of tax provisions, was retroactively applied for the entire year of 2014, but it didn't ge

kuster: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to address my remarks to ms. lerner and i want to thank the whistleblowers for bringing your individual cases and encourage you to work with our good colleagues. representative roby is on the case with you mr. tresmaine and encourage you to work with the office of special counsel as well to make sure that you get the protection you deserve. and we do not have any other tragedies. chris absolutely. it has been a lifeline. working throughout this ordeal for the past year has made a huge difference. i do not think there is any question. they are totally understaffed. the opportunities i've had to speak with them made a huge difference. rep. kuster: good and i hope your situation will get resolved. it sounds like we have 45 settlements of whistleblower cases which hopefully did bring some relief to those people and i know there been reinstatement with back pay and such and it is important to send that signal to others. one of the issues i wanted to get at is the issue of the v.a. culture and because it seems to me th

kuster? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to address my remarks to ms. flanz and ms. lerner. but i do want to thank the whistleblowers for bringing your individual cases and encourage you to work with our good colleagues. i know representative robie is on the case for you, mr. tremaine. and encourage you to work with the office of special counsel as well to make sure you get the protection you deserve we don't have any other tragedies. >> absolutely. the office of special counsel has been a lifeline working with page kennedy and nadia piunta throughout this ordeal for the last year made a huge difference. i don't think there's any question they're totally understaffed. but the opportunities i had to speak with them made a huge difference in my ordeal. >> good. and i hope your situation will get resolved. and it sounds like we've got 45 settlements of va whistleblower cases which hopefully did bring some relief to those people. and i know there have been reinstatements with back pay and such. and it's important to send that signal to others. one of the issues that i wanted to

kuster. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to address my remarks to ms. flants and ms. lerner.but i do want to thank the whistleblowers for bringing your individual cases and encourage you to work with our good colleagues. i know representative robie is on the case for you, mr. tremaine. and encourage you to work with the office of special counsel as well to make sure you get the protection you deserve we don't have any other tragedies. >> absolutely. the office of special counsel has been a lifeline working with page kennedy and nadia piunta throughout this ordeal for the last year made a huge difference. i don't think there's any question they're totally understaffed. but the opportunities i had to speak with them made a huge difference in my ordeal. >> good. and i hope your situation will get resolved. and it sounds like we've got 45 settlements of va whistleblower cases which hopefully did bring some relief to those people. and i know there have been reinstatements with back pain and such. and it's important to send that signal to others. one of the issues that i wanted to