Louie Gohmert: “Consistent with the statement that was just made about Brian Fitzpatrick, I will be missing tomorrow's votes. If I were…”

“Consistent with the statement that was just made about Brian Fitzpatrick, I will be missing tomorrow's votes. If I were here, I would vote ``no.'' There is too much good that is being done with the PFAS, and I would vote ``no.'' But I will be attending the funeral of a former Member of Congress, a great patriot, a friend, just a wonderful person, Michael Fitzpatrick, and it was an honor to serve with him in this body. Obviously, we have had a lot of discussion about Iran, Soleimani, his death, the death of so many that he caused, and his role in being head of the IRGC, so I thought it would be helpful if we learned a little more for those who haven't. It helps, I found, profoundly, if people know what they are talking about, and it seems there has been a whole lot of talking and not a lot of knowledge about what is going on with Iran. Many of us remember, and I sure remember because I was in the Army at Fort Benning at the time, when our Embassy in Tehran was attacked initially, it was said by the Iranian leaders that the students attacked the Embassy; and after days of President Carter doing nothing but begging for them to let our people go, they realized that we were not going to do anything, and so they began to say: We have the hostages.…”