Louie Gohmert: “I will not bow to anyone who may think they have greater love or care or commitment to people who suffer from dementia…”

“I will not bow to anyone who may think they have greater love or care or commitment to people who suffer from dementia or other developmental disabilities. I have spent an awful lot of time with people I love. But let me just tell you, Mr. Speaker--let me finish that. The people I love, I don't know if they knew where they were. I have spent time with family and people I love who struggle with these very issues. I know there is a danger of death. There is a danger of injury. Whether Franklin said it or not, those who will give up a little liberty to get security deserve neither. Whoever said it, I think it was Franklin, some say it wasn't, but it is true. We are told, this is strictly for all those people out there that have autistic kids or people with developmental disability. Well, they haven't used--nobody here has used developmental disability but me. But the truth is, the reason I heard about this bill, my staff tells me, is we just got a call from someone who has an autistic child, and they are scared to death that the Federal Government is going to start a tracking program for kids with autism. And yeah, they will provision in here that it is supposed to be voluntary, but once you have the system in place--I can guarantee you, I have seen programs like this get started.…”