Louie Gohmert: “Thank you. I appreciate my friend, Mr. Nunnelee's, effort in recognizing the role that America has had in fostering the…”

“Thank you. I appreciate my friend, Mr. Nunnelee's, effort in recognizing the role that America has had in fostering the greatest building block any society has ever known--marriage, plain and simple. I was blessed to have had two parents that loved each other, loved each other enough to fuss at each other when they didn't feel like the other was doing the right thing. But, as Mr. Lankford from Oklahoma pointed out, it's not all about love. It's also about commitment. And as anybody who has studied sociology and really wants to be honest about the history of the world knows, the greatest societies in the history of the world have had as their building block the marriage between a man and a woman. Now, my wife was blessed to have been born and raised by a couple who loved her as her natural parents and loved each other, and the commitment was always there. Her dad passed away a few years ago, and her mother is still alive and blesses us. My dad remarried a year after my mother died in 1991, and they've been a blessing to both of us and to our children. It was certainly a great blessing to me when I met Kathy, when I was in law school and she was an undergrad at Baylor. And somebody again this weekend said, Your wife is so cute; I had no idea. And I have to explain to people that's because she met me and married me while I had hair. I realize I couldn't get somebody cute nowadays if Kathy and I weren't together.…”