May 26, 2011
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I am so grateful that I have such a dear friend from Iowa as Mr. Steve King. There's no price you can put on a dear friend like that. Thank you. I would like to continue on in this discussion about the…
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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May 23, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I am about to file a bill, its number will be determined later, but it expresses support for the State of Israel's right to defend Israeli sovereignty, to protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, and to use all…
May 13, 2011
Madam Speaker, I want to identify with the comments of my friend from Indiana. Well said. Great thoughts. We have wonderful friends in this world, as a Nation. But we need to recognize who are our friends and who are our enemies and who…
May 10, 2011
Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the proponent of this amendment in his zeal to ensure that the environment is properly addressed, but those concerns are properly addressed in the permitting policy. The problem is that we had a company with…
May 5, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I certainly do appreciate the recommendations of my friend from Iowa. And I certainly agree, we should be passing a bill that would require no leeway for the Treasury's Secretary, that he should pay our debts as they come due…
May 5, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 3 o'clock and 41 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, May 6, 2011, at noon. ____________________
May 5, 2011
Mr. Speaker, we heard from our friend from Massachusetts the allegation that we over here on this side of the aisle were squeezing Medicare. Good grief. Even now has the gentleman from Massachusetts not read the ObamaCare bill? It cuts…
May 5, 2011
You could have an immediate effect if you would encourage your party's President to change course and start creating jobs. The energy industry would create a million jobs across the country if we opened up the OCS. We've heard the…
May 4, 2011
Madam Speaker, my first daughter was born very prematurely. They rushed her over to Shreveport to the highest level intensive care. The neonatologist encouraged me, because my wife couldn't come, to caress her, talk to her, that it meant…
May 4, 2011
Mr. Speaker, we had a hearing yesterday in the Judiciary Committee. The Attorney General of the United States came before us, and one of the things we discussed was the fact that in 2008, toward the end of the year, there was the biggest…
Apr 14, 2011
Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 268, passage of H.R. 1473, I was detained. I got here right at the close of the vote. I missed voting ``no'' because I believed the vote did not live up to our promise. ____________________
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