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Trey Gowdy is a former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district, serving from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Gowdy gained national prominence as the chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where he led investigations into the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. His tenure in Congress was marked by a focus on issues such as government oversight and national security. Prior to his congressional career, Gowdy served as a federal prosecutor and was known for his legal expertise and assertive questioning style during hearings.
They did not lift a finger. So with all of the ideas I hear my friends talking about, it just makes me wonder: Where were you when you had the House? Where were you when you had the Senate? Where were you when you had the White House? You…
Four really quick points. I would say to my friend from Colorado, through the Speaker, that one reason Congress may not enact new laws is that we have absolutely zero confidence they will actually be enforced. Maybe if this President…
The issue in this case actually implicates the very existence of the House. The law is the reason we exist. We do not exist to pass ideas or to pass suggestions. We make law with the corresponding expectation that that law will be…
I will say this, Mr. Speaker. In conclusion, in the oath of citizenship that we require new citizens to take--and I am sure the Speaker already knows this, and perhaps some of my colleagues on the other side may know this as well--but in…
It is my firm belief that such legislation can be drafted. I do not have language for you today.
But all of us also love public safety, and it's so easy to talk about. Buy this amazing device; you will be private.
I am trying to determine whether or not we as a society are going to accept that, that there are certain--no matter how compelling the government's interest is in accessing that evidence, we are declaring right now this is an evidence-free…
These failures highlight the irony of the Administration's misguided immigration policies.
Well, this is the frustration that I face, is I listen to an administration call for additional gun laws.
So we have someone willing and capable of killing 14 people, and there was nothing in her background that this administration says we missed.
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