Louie Gohmert: “I thank my friend, the gentleman from Iowa, for his comments. I have traveled with him, been to different parts of the…”

“I thank my friend, the gentleman from Iowa, for his comments. I have traveled with him, been to different parts of the country and different parts of the world with my friend, Mr. King from Iowa. I have seen him dealing with different races, nationalities around the world. And I have had a lot of private conversations and never seen anything that indicated anything but condemnation for white supremacists. But he is a proud American. He is an American; he is very proud of it. And he is proud to carry the moniker of being an American in any situation, and I would contend that is not a bad thing. Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to the speeches on the floor here this week. There has been a great deal of righteous indignation and constant condemnation for a shutdown. It is deeply troubling. There are some people working who are not getting paid. I would like to see that fixed. But President Trump got his answer this week when he continued to try to compromise with Senator Schumer and Speaker Pelosi, trying to get a compromise. I was delighted to hear Majority Leader Hoyer mention that we have to have compromise. It is how things are supposed to work.…”