Louie Gohmert: “We're here because the Democratic majority last year did not do their…”

On the recordApril 1, 2011

We're here because the Democratic majority last year did not do their job, did not give us a budget, did not due proper appropriations, and now the Senate has had the same problem. So I applaud anybody's efforts in trying to move the ball down the road so that we can appropriate. I just wish the Senate would do their job now and take care of it. But for a bill to say provisions that pass the House are hereby enacted into law violates my conscience and the Constitution. I cannot vote for it. {time} 1350

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Louie Gohmert

Republican · Texas

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Apr 1, 2011

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