On the recordDecember 6, 2022
There is not a more fierce fighter than Louie Gohmert in this House, and if you are serving in this House and have a bigger heart than Louie Gohmert, I haven't met you yet. I am sorry. I need to find you. I haven't found anybody with a heart the size of Louie Gohmert's. One of the measures, I think, of a Member here is how they treat their staff and how their staff responds to them. Louie Gohmert attracts the best talent of anybody in this Chamber, and they love him. We love Louie Gohmert. I remember my first week in Congress. I was in conference. We were going to elect a Speaker, and nobody was challenging Speaker Boehner. Louie Gohmert got up to nominate somebody else. He reminded us all that you didn't have to be a Member of the House to be nominated for Speaker. I was just praying that he didn't nominate Ron Paul because I knew I would have to second that nomination. I leaned to the person next to me, and I said: ``Who is that guy making that nomination?'' He said: ``Oh, that is Louie Gohmert. He is crazy.'' Well, within a week, I realized Louie Gohmert was the only sane man in this Chamber, and for 10 years, he has been guiding me. He has a photographic memory and is sharp as a whip. He is like an encyclopedia of everything that has happened in this Chamber while he was here, before I got here. One day in conference, they were telling us: Look, when the quarterback calls the play and snaps the ball, you don't execute another play.…
