May 26, 2010
The gentleman needs to understand that ``lawful contact stop'' means you can't stop them unless you have a reasonable suspicion.
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 26, 2010
Well, I do appreciate so much the comments of my friend from Iowa, and we do appreciate the comments of our colleagues in the hour previous to this, about the wonderful Jewish heritage in this country. It is Jewish Heritage Month, and it…
May 26, 2010
I understand he has been there, but as some of our friends from Louisiana have pointed out--and Governor Jindal has been fighting the President through the MMS and through his responders--they gave full authority to British Petroleum to…
May 26, 2010
Actually, I'm not just skeptical of the MMS. I'm telling you it's a disaster. It was a disaster with MMS, and it was a disaster that their performance was allowed to happen. We're going to find out there is somebody responsible--maybe one…
May 26, 2010
Well, I appreciate you yielding, and I appreciate the gentlelady mentioning the Minerals Management Service. I know she was present for hearings today that the Director of the MMS was testifying. We had the Secretary of the Interior for a…
May 26, 2010
Thank you for yielding. Actually, I was going to bring a bit of John Adams' wisdom because, to follow up on my colleague's wonderful quotes and references to history, John Adams, toward the end of his life, said: The longer I've lived, the…
May 26, 2010
Her name is Sylvia Baca, B-A-C-A. It was interesting, though, to learn--and I didn't really realize this--but nobody with the Minerals Management Service goes through a confirmation process in the Senate. This is completely an extension of…
May 26, 2010
Who had been working for 9 years for British Petroleum-- that's correct--in high capacities. So it's interesting to hear about that cozy relationship.
May 26, 2010
Appointee. Originally, he was the Inspector General. He is now in another capacity. I asked him, Did you not interview these two people who had the most knowledge about why that language was pulled out? He said, Well, they left the…
May 25, 2010
Well, that also brings us back to this problem with the Federal Reserve and with the Secretary of the Treasury. Yes, we had some people saying we've got to confirm Timothy Geithner as the Secretary of the Treasury because he worked with…
May 25, 2010
Well, we were told that Don't Ask, Don't Tell was something we would take up once we had a study done because that's the only thing that would be fair to our men and women in the service. Now we're told the study will be finished at the…
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