Louie Gohmert: “People immediately become suspicious when the Federal Government does something that makes sense like this.”

The bill did not allow, for example, Puerto Rico to remain a territory.

I thank my friend from Ohio for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the previous assault weapons ban that was referenced by our Speaker, I just want to make sure our record is actually correct. The FBI that kept the data had to admit that, as…

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 25 minutes remaining.

The government must take responsibility and fix the major issues that are facing Puerto Rico before we even begin any serious discussion here about statehood.