Louie Gohmert: “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There's so much going on today, this week. We've been, for one thing, trying to take up trade…”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There's so much going on today, this week. We've been, for one thing, trying to take up trade agreements that should end up creating new jobs in America. I know there have been concerns by some--gee, don't we give away sovereignty each time we enter a free trade agreement. Well, I read these free trade agreements. I wasn't here when NAFTA passed. I'm not sure that I would have voted for it because it seems like we did give away too much of the autonomous nature of this country. But with regard to the Colombia free trade agreement, the free trade agreements with South Korea, and Panama, it doesn't appear from my reading that we are giving away any autonomy, we are giving away any of our powers to govern ourselves. In fact, the U.N. is far more of a threat with the concessions, particularly this administration is giving to the U.N., as far as us controlling our own destiny. Since the U.N. has become so incredibly anti-Israel, I think it's time to look seriously about getting out. We should not be accessories to the kind of anti-Semitism and the anti- Israeli feelings, the hostility from those members of the U.N. that have so much more control, it appears, than we do, who encourage, basically, the wiping out of Israel and of the Jewish population. In the meantime, on the homefront, we have people still claiming that the President's tried and failed methods of helping the economy should be tried yet again.…”