Louie Gohmert: “If the Supreme Court takes a fair and literal look at the Constitution, they will know this was not an enumerated power…”

“If the Supreme Court takes a fair and literal look at the Constitution, they will know this was not an enumerated power reserved to the Federal Government. Therefore, under the 10th Amendment, it's reserved to the States and the people. I would like to point out one other thing. In this article that was already out, that came out so quickly after the President's speech today--it's from CNN. It can be found on the CNN Web site. But they point out that the President is proposing four different things. First of all, combating waste, fraud and abuse, and I will come back to that. But this article says: ``Obama is also considering a Republican-supported idea to appropriate $50 million to help States find alternative resolutions to medical malpractice disputes, including health costs.'' Well, when this information came out today during the President's speech, I was in a meeting with about 50 other Republican Members of Congress, and I couldn't believe that statement. He said this was a Republican idea, and he said, You know, we're embracing this Republican idea. I want to know which one of my moronic Republican friends proposed such a ridiculous program as that. Nobody knew of any Republican who proposed that. I know the President wouldn't lie, but I'm sure there is a Republican somewhere in the country--maybe somebody that deems themselves half socialist, half Republican that proposed this.”