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Louie Gohmert

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Louie Gohmert is a Republican politician from Texas who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2021. During his tenure, he was known for his conservative positions on various issues, including immigration, healthcare, and government spending. Gohmert was a vocal supporter of the Tea Party movement and often aligned himself with more hardline factions within the Republican Party. He was also involved in several high-profile congressional hearings and debates, particularly regarding national security and civil liberties.

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Oct 28, 2013

So, Senators, I humbly implore you, let us leave State criminal law to the consideration of the State legislatures.

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Oct 28, 2013

Hopefully when I am here again for a hearing, we can fervently work toward eliminating or correcting the thousands of federal laws that have sometimes put people behind bars for things that most Americans have no clue would be against the…

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Oct 23, 2013

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 7 o'clock and 42 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, October 24, 2013, at noon. ____________________

Congressional Record · 2013-10-23
Oct 23, 2013

Mr. Speaker, as the ObamaCare debacle continues to unfold, there is more and more that is absolutely staggering that is now coming out. People in America need to understand who shut the government down September 30, October 1. The House of…

Congressional Record · 2013-10-23
Oct 22, 2013

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 31 minutes p.m.), under its previous order and pursuant to House Resolution 383 and House Resolution 384, the House adjourned until…

Congressional Record · 2013-10-22
Oct 22, 2013

Mr. Speaker, I want to emphasize the point being made by my friend, Mr. Franks from Arizona, about the origination clause. I have been talking about this for 3\1/2\ years of when the Senate took a House bill that provided a tax credit for…

Congressional Record · 2013-10-22
Oct 15, 2013

I would note for the chairman that the law was violated by the Park Service in sending police and maintenance personnel out to the park.

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Oct 15, 2013

These barricades and closures were obviously done to try to make the shutdown as unpopular as possible, as inconvenient as possible, and not because it was actually necessary.

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Oct 15, 2013

I was out there at the World War II Memorial on Tuesday morning because Representative Steve Palazzo of Mississippi emailed that he had a bunch of World War II veterans that were coming by bus and there were barricades that had been put up.

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Oct 15, 2013

The Republicans in the House voted four different times to keep the entire government open before anything was shut down, but Senator Reid would not allow that to be taken up in the Senate.

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Oct 15, 2013

If Steve Palazzo and I had not picked up the barricades, separated them, after establishing with the Park Service who we were, those barricades were not going to be opened and those World War II veterans were not being allowed in.

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