On the recordDecember 7, 2022
I thank my friend from Louisiana for his kind comments. The truth is, he is one of the reasons I am comfortable leaving. There have been times when I was extremely concerned about people standing up for what is right; whether it was standing up to our own leadership or leadership of the country, including the White House, leadership of our own party, or the other party. But I have been encouraged; that is why I was willing to take a big chance on running for office statewide, even though I got in so late. That was a matter that I will not be able to save Texas from suffering; but I have got great comfort here. What does concern me greatly about our country, I think the bill that was just--we took up the rule on just now, concerns me. As I know my brother, Mike Johnson, knows and believes, as one of the leaders I know here on the floor, Moses, we believe, got word directly from God, and Moses passed that on, saying that a man shall leave his father and mother and a woman leave her home and the two will become one. When Jesus was asked a question about marriage and divorce, he quoted Moses verbatim. Jesus, of course, some people say, was a great teacher, taught a lot of great things. But as C.S. Lewis pointed out, he said he was God. He said he was one on with the Father. He said so many things like that, it is very clear, he didn't have a choice to say he was a good teacher because he was either a liar, a lunatic, or he was Lord, as he said.…
