Louie Gohmert: “I certainly thank my new friend, Mr. Leonard Lance, from New Jersey for his great help in marshaling this bill, and I…”

“I certainly thank my new friend, Mr. Leonard Lance, from New Jersey for his great help in marshaling this bill, and I appreciate the bipartisan support. I understand there is another element regarding location and there is some disagreement. I see the merit. I understand some have concerns. But what we found out, just to go back, people have talked about how Kari Hunt was viscously attacked by her estranged husband, and her little 9-year-old daughter calling 911. The way that was learned was-- and by the way, she was not only stabbed 21 times, she was repeatedly struck. This is an attack that went on over several minutes. Her brutal, mean-spirited estranged husband now says from prison: Well, I don't think it would have mattered if a 911 call had went through. He was attacking her for several minutes. The police could get there in Marshall in a couple of minutes. It would have made all the difference. {time} 1245 But the way it was learned was that Hank had his little 9-year-old granddaughter in his lap after Kari was pronounced dead and was trying to console her. She was weeping and said to her grandfather: I don't know what happened. I kept dialing 911 and nothing ever happened. I would hang up, and I would dial 911, and nothing happened. That is when Hank began to look into it and found out the situation. Then, after he brought it to my attention, we got to looking into it. The hotel associations and the other groups have been very helpful.…”