Louie Gohmert

That is right. It was seven people raping his wife 3 days in a row.

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…

I know some on the left try to say, oh, this is because you are a xenophobe or afraid of Hispanics. I know this is a generalization, but personally, in my opinion, I think the three things that helped make America the greatest country in…

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…

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.

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…

He pulled that sleeping bag out, and that was in the area where the wall stopped, was it not?

What was the other big thing you don't normally see, but it took up a whole row there?

I appreciate my friend, Congressman Smith, for his efforts in this regard. Madam Speaker, I have talked before about my wife's and my first child being born prematurely. We didn't know if we were going to get to keep her. My wife had to…

This is an important week in history as I was taught in law school that courts do not take up cases to merely give an advisory opinion, that there has to be someone who is actually harmed by some action about which they are suing. As we…

We hear that walls don't work, yet this is a picture of the Democratic National Convention in 2016. They put up a barrier. They put up a fence because they wanted to protect themselves like people in America want to protect themselves. And…

I thank the gentlewoman for not only her service but also this Special Order. This is such an important issue. Madam Speaker, having spent so many nights all night on the border, it is incredible what you see down there. But what is even…

Do they secure their doors and secure their cities because they hate people who are not part of their home or their city?

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Iowa, for his comments. I have traveled with him, been to different parts of the country and different parts of the world with my friend, Mr. King from Iowa. I have seen him dealing with different…

I appreciate my friend, Representative Yoho from Florida, not just for his eloquent comments, but also for his friendship and his deep, abiding love for America. There are three rows of names on each of these, and these are just a part of…

I thank the gentleman from Florida. We have been friends for a long time, and I know how deeply my friend, Representative Yoho, cares about this country and about the people who are under our charge. This poster has some more recent folks…

The Democrats refuse to open the government. They won't provide more than a dollar. The Speaker said she would give a dollar for a border barrier. That is outrageous. How many people in this body have walls around their homes and live in…

In 2007 there was a vote in this body about whether or not we provide a barrier, a wall, a fence, and we had Democratic leaders who voted for it back then, both here and in the Senate. Seventy-nine Senators voted for it back then. The…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. One of the highlights of my being in Congress was getting a call from Ed Meese, asking if I would work with him on criminal justice reform. I was glad to do that. It was amazing, having the ACLU and…

We hear references to an ``immoral'' wall. We have heard ``wall'' demonized. Yet, I read yesterday that President Obama, in his new house, has constructed a 10-foot wall around his property. Now, either the walls work or they don't. And if…

I want to thank my friend, Tom Garrett, for arranging this Special Order. He is on his way out, and he cares so deeply about this country and this country's allies that he would put his life at risk and go and spend time with another…

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I just want to applaud my friend's efforts on behalf of people who have counted on us. The 2 weeks he spent over there have been invaluable to the people who were counting on us. Some of that time was spent with a dear friend named Dave…

I was hoping we would be able to get more accomplished this week that would help the American workers. It is amazing a party that calls itself the friend of the working class in America has spent much of the last 10, 12 years doing…

I do appreciate the efforts of my friend from the district that adjoins mine in Texas. He has done a yeoman's work, much of which he hasn't gotten adequate credit for. Hopefully not only the Senate, but the House will respect the work that…