Louie Gohmert: “Last December, we were told that the best way to approach the matter--despite some of us thinking to the contrary--was…”

“Last December, we were told that the best way to approach the matter--despite some of us thinking to the contrary--was to fund everything but DHS. We were told, This is the play. Well, some of us were afraid that if we did that, that we would come to this point and totally cave and would allow at least a congressional statement that we are not going to take action to defund illegal, unconstitutional amnesty. So I stand with those veterans who believe that they should get health care before people who came illegally, that they should get a hotline to call before those who came illegally. I stand with the seniors who believe they deserve the Social Security they paid into, rather than people who have come illegally and are even going to get tax refunds, when they didn't put any taxes in. {time} 1430 I stand with the Speaker of the House of Representatives--at least where he was last week.”