Louie Gohmert

USGS has been considered by many to be the gold standard of scientific integrity and reliability.

Today, we will be examining decades of data manipulation that occurred within the United States Geological Survey.

There need to be consequences. Even if at a minimum, it is having your name discussed on the record as someone who is abusing the employees under your supervision.

This subcommittee will not tolerate such actions and will hold accountable those who act in such a manner or turn a blind eye.

These shocking findings have not only impugned the integrity of the USGS, they also impugned the scientific underpinnings of policy decisions.

If somebody is making an abusive workplace, I want their name out there.

We actually impeached a couple of judges, and one of them was about the workplace environment and harassment of the women on his staff.

That is total irony. You manipulate data in order to make it more accurate. That is totally incongruent.

Obviously, this is a reminder why we must be vigilant and make every effort to hold the executive branch accountable to the taxpayers.

I am a big fan of Chairman Royce's work, and I appreciate all the work of the committee in these difficult areas. Sometimes in trying to bring together a big authorization bill like this, language gets inserted that can be problematic. On…

Lives have been destroyed through the actions of Federal employees, motivated by entrenched ideologies, and use of manipulated data, or just garbage science.

It is an honor to be here, and, even after the voters have spoken, it is an honor to find when you and your positions actually don't make you special, they just make you completely in accord with over 70 percent of your constituents, not…

I certainly appreciate my friend, Mr. Graves, bringing up a real problem. We have seen it in Louisiana--and not just in southern Louisiana, but other parts of Louisiana--with massive flooding. I am not even talking about Katrina, but there…

It is an honor and a pleasure to be in this somewhat hallowed Hall. The election is behind us. It is time to look ahead. But as everyone who studies history knows, those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it. And so we…

This is the 75th anniversary of National Bible Week. Isn't it interesting that National Bible Week was first proclaimed 2 weeks before World War II broke out? The Nation really rallied and rallied behind Franklin Roosevelt's call to pray…

I was a bit astounded when you said the FBI is unable to control who a witness, coming in voluntarily, brings in to an interview.

I would have had no problem signing that warrant so you could go get it anywhere you want.

I won't be cheering today or clapping when I hear that, basically, the propaganda campaign that Margaret Sanger started...

Mismanagement on the part of the Fish and Wildlife Service, as identified by the Office of Inspector General, has raised even more concerns about wolf recovery efforts across the board.

Well, is it true that you plan on doubling the size of your captive breeding program?

management of wolves is a critical concern for citizens of a large portion of our Nation.

Reclaiming my time, since I know I have very little time left, let me respond. When you can't trust the people in the White House to train properly to recognize radical Islam, then it is incumbent upon the Congress to put the language in…

I hope that you will take a moment at some point and think about how it sounds to some of us if you introduce far more wolves than you anticipated introducing, and the program ended up being a terrible failure.

If no one is claiming time in opposition, I would like to claim that time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would inquire if the gentleman from New Jersey is opposed to the bill.

One thing that all three of us who have spoken on this bill tonight share is a desire to protect our homeland. I know that absolutely, completely to each of our cores we want our homeland protected. The issue comes in how we go about doing…