Louie Gohmert: “I certainly do appreciate the recommendations of my friend from Iowa. And I certainly agree, we should be passing a bill…”

“I certainly do appreciate the recommendations of my friend from Iowa. And I certainly agree, we should be passing a bill that would require no leeway for the Treasury's Secretary, that he should pay our debts as they come due and also make sure the military is paid on time. We know that Social Security is already going to be mandatory spending in the event of a shutdown. And that way we are allowed to pursue the issues that are most critical and that is, really, in the interest of children. That term is used so often. It is really true now. We have got to cut the ridiculous, irresponsible spending to preserve this Union. But there are two problems out there that are seeking to destroy this country. One is passively to destroy this country, and that is our gross, irresponsible overspending: $2.1 trillion coming in and $3.75 trillion going out. We won't last much longer as a country if that continues. The other is not passive. It is very active. And our great military and intelligence communities did a fantastic job apparently in taking out the most wanted man last weekend in the world, the man responsible for possibly more murders than anyone currently in existence on the planet, but certainly he had killed more Americans than anyone else alive on the planet today. And that was, of course, Osama bin Laden. But there has been a great rewriting of history.…”