Louie Gohmert: “It is always an honor to be here in the House of Representatives and have an opportunity to speak, as so many places…”

“It is always an honor to be here in the House of Representatives and have an opportunity to speak, as so many places around the world don't have those privileges, those rights. Sometimes people ask, well, if the rights are truly endowed by our creator, then why don't people have them all over the world? And it is an endowment, these rights, like an inheritance; but the only way you get to keep any inheritance is if you are willing to fight for it, because, if you are not, in this world, evil people will always be trying to take what you have and take it for themselves. So we have been blessed to be in a country where we had men and women willing to stand up and fight for us. My 4 years in the Army, we were never in combat. I still think we should have gone, in 1979, to Iran; and if we had addressed the attack on our American property, which was the U.S. Embassy, then the Ayatollah would have been gone, and there would be tens of thousands of Americans still alive today. It is just very unfortunate. But at least Soleimani is no longer around to kill Americans and to dream up new devices, whether improvised or exploding devices to kill and maim Americans. It is one of the great ironies that the lead terrorist in the world, Soleimani, who ordered, directed, got the best architects to design instruments to inflict casualties on Americans--and there were more Americans killed or wounded on that road in from the airport in Iraq.…”