Louie Gohmert actually said...

The United States should not voluntarily subject itself to the whims or happenings of unstable foreign countries.

This Committee will not sit idly by.

Republicans on this Committee intend to act aggressively to ensure that our American energy resources are harnessed.

We, in Texas, have lost approximately 2,500 jobs, 622 million in gross domestic product, 153 million in wages.