Louie Gohmert: “If the gentleman would like to add those to this amendment, I would be glad to accept that.”

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendment No…

The bill did not allow, for example, Puerto Rico to remain a territory.

The government must take responsibility and fix the major issues that are facing Puerto Rico before we even begin any serious discussion here about statehood.

This is the bill, 728 pages, that we got from the Senate this week. Has anybody read it? Come on. That is over a billion dollars average per page. That ain't gold; that is fool's gold. Look, more IRS agents, as Art Laffer said years ago…