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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.
I, too, miss my friend Walter Jones. I just greatly treasured the hour each week we spent together visiting. It was a fitting tribute today at his funeral. I do want to address this bill we just passed. I had hoped to vote for it after I…
May I inquire how much time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has approximately 47 minutes remaining.
I appreciate my dear friend and, actually, college friend for these many years, since we were in school together at Texas A&M, and the great tribute. There was another superb tribute today paid to a giant of a man in more recent days. John…
The gentleman mentioned the 51,000. That is just, as I understand, those who were apprehended.
I am very grateful to my friend, Congressman Gaetz, for that insightful comment. The gentleman is right. When you are right, you are right. I would like to comment on something else that has been in the news, and that is the longest war in…
It has been an interesting day, perhaps more than most. We have heard over and over again about Republicans supposedly causing the shutdown, but in my days as a trial lawyer, judge, chief justice, it is always good to look at the evidence…
I appreciate my friend from Pennsylvania so much for sharing his thoughts. It continues to be a problem every day. An article here from The Hill, by Madison Gesiotto, says: ``The Mexican Government is doing more to combat illegal…
I do want to hit one point that the gentleman made about the drones. They can help. The television cameras, all of the sophistication, the technology, can help. The gentleman from Pennsylvania was not here when $8 billion, as I recall, was…
In 1 month. That is not everybody that was coming in. My friend, being a general in the United States Army, served our country so meritoriously. We had a situation under President Woodrow Wilson where a small part of Pancho Villa's gang…
I was going to ask Congressman Norman if he would reflect. We heard from a lot of landowners. Individually, we talked to a number of folks on a separate basis. But, yes, we see here the end of that barrier, all you have to do is just go to…
He brings up a matter that touched a memory of what was being said by my friend--and sometimes people say that sarcastically--John Garamendi is a friend. He is a good man. But there were people talking before us about the drugs and that 90…
This is a different spot where the wall ended from the one that we are talking about a moment ago.
I thank Congressman LaMalfa, and I thank my friend, Congressman Norman, who was here earlier, for their comments. Mr. Speaker, we ought to be able to extend that barrier just a little further. It is too easy to walk around the end. Where…
It is a great point, just a great point. We have heard from angel moms, angel families here, and they complain that they have tried to talk to our Speaker and others on the other side of the aisle, and they are not given time. But we heard…
We were all taking pictures down there. I want to go to a point about the caravans. We all heard about the caravans. We knew that this was a serious invasion coming. The mainstream, or lame stream, media was trying to say it was a…
He pulled that sleeping bag out, and that was in the area where the wall stopped, was it not?
If my friend will yield for a question. Did you go in the Sasabe little store there where we stopped?
So you are going on the record as saying, you believe the question of citizen or noncitizen should be on the census? Mr. LaMALFA. Absolutely. I think anybody with common sense would look at it that way.
All three of you, Mr. Norman, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Griffin, you guys are caring guys, and the Republicans are often castigated as being hard-hearted and not caring. But the stories we have heard from Angel Families and Angel Moms, I know…
By the way, we saw, last week, a big photograph of a massive metal barrier around the perimeter of the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Somebody there knows that walls or fences work when they are combined with security. I yield to my…
Well, that would exclude some of our Federal judges, apparently. Mr. LaMALFA. I can't speak for everything. Yeah, the common sense seems to be lost because of this obfuscation, the resistance, and what have you that is a political end…
Funny he should ask. Yes, we just happen to have the rope. So here is the end of the barrier right here. It is an impressive barrier till you get to the end, and then you have got the rope he was referring to, and then they have got this…
I thank Congressman Griffith. I appreciate his wisdom. I always have and always will. I, again, echo the comments he made about thanking Congressman Andy Biggs, for arranging this, and Paul Gosar for his help. They are both fantastic…
What was the other big thing you don't normally see, but it took up a whole row there?
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