Louie Gohmert: “I appreciate my friend, but my problem is, having had so many provisions explained, for example, oh, this won't affect…”

“I appreciate my friend, but my problem is, having had so many provisions explained, for example, oh, this won't affect seniors by cutting $700 billion out of Medicare, and, gee, if you will just renew the PATRIOT Act, section 215, gosh, you have got to be a terrorist before we get any of your personal information, your data-- there have just been so many explanations and promises that have been made. With regard to section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, that was over two administrations. But there have been so many representations on what an administration--particularly this administration--believes something means that allowed activity far beyond that, that even if this administration or the prior administration says this is what something means, I am sorry, the judge completely hasn't left me, the chief justice completely hasn't left me, and so I care more about what the language says on its face than what somebody tells me they think it will mean or how they will apply it. Again, you know, we were told things about ObamaCare and the way it would be interpreted and carried out, the PATRIOT Act, the way it would be interpreted and carried out. It turns out it simply was not the case. It is still why I am concerned over the part of section 215, even though I have been assured, oh, no, it really doesn't mean anything.…”