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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 13, 2022

I appreciate my friend from Arizona so much. I miss her on the Judiciary Committee because of the very type of insights that we just heard from her. I am grateful for her service, her intellect, her insights, and especially her pugnacious…

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Apr 27, 2022

So, we can set the record straight--and I know it is not intentional misleading - but, even the courts have made clear there was no Muslim ban.

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Apr 27, 2022

Well, I've only got 27 seconds. Let me just say, as you know, article 4, section 4, says the Federal government is going to keep the States free from invasion.

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Apr 27, 2022

We like to go down and just see for ourselves--no dog and pony tour--but see for ourselves what's happening.

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Apr 27, 2022

I thank my friend, the general from Pennsylvania, for yielding. This is so serious. While Homeland Security was having a hearing with Secretary Mayorkas, we were having a hearing in our Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee…

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Apr 27, 2022

Did you find out where that came from? Because the region said--the regional director said it came from Washington.

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Apr 26, 2022

Justice Thomas knows what all my very conservative dear Black friends know is, nobody is treated more brutally in this country than a conservative Black.

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Apr 4, 2022

When you do something like that, you send a clear message to the drug smugglers. You send a clear message to the human smugglers that the United States is not going to tolerate individuals just false claiming to come into the United States.

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Apr 4, 2022

Right now, rhetoric is not going to do it. We need policies that are going to affect this change.

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Apr 4, 2022

I am going to be pushing hard to get land given back to local communities.

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Apr 4, 2022

the U.S. Forest Service is doing a great disservice to East Texas and other places.

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Apr 4, 2022

When you are telling individuals that they can enter this country illegally and there will be no consequences for their actions, that is pretty much inviting people to come here and break the law, and the cartels are aware of that.

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Apr 1, 2022

There is so much going on these days, so much to comment on. At this time, I yield to the gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. Miller-Meeks), my friend, whenever she is ready. Kevin McKee Is an Incredible Athlete

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Apr 1, 2022

I notice the skill and adroitness of Mrs. Miller-Meeks making her way hurriedly around the rows, through the rows. She must have picked up something from such a great sled hockey player. Madam Speaker, I want to turn my attention to some…

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Mar 29, 2022

Don Young of Alaska was a fixture in this House. He was the kind of fixture that didn't just look pretty, because that wasn't his thing. He added immeasurably to everything else here. He and I have been on the Natural Resources Committee…

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Mar 16, 2022

There's only one court that doesn't owe its existence to the Congress.

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Mar 9, 2022

There is no way I could vote to exchange getting oil from Putin for getting oil from some other tyrant who wants to destroy America, which makes this a rather cynical ploy, so I had to vote ``no'' on Suspending Energy Imports from Russia…

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Feb 8, 2022

I have an article here about the Justice Department. It says it continues to go easy on the 2020 rioters. These are people that destroyed government buildings, destroyed places of business, yet this administration continues to not just…

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Dec 28, 2021

We have in this city political prisoners held hostage by their own government.

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Dec 27, 2021

Well, I’m still in it, because I think we can.

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Dec 21, 2021

Well, I`m still in it because I think we can.

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Dec 15, 2021

In effect, the ruling would be that you got to go to the streets and be as violent as Antifa and BLM.

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Dec 1, 2021

I appreciate Mrs. Cammack having this Special Order. Madam Speaker, we ought to be concerned about the most vulnerable among us. Most Americans believe in God, a Heavenly Father. Is it hard to imagine that it would be extremely important…

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Nov 30, 2021

I thank my friend for yielding the time and for managing it. This is very important. We take 1 week a year to acknowledge the importance of the Bible in America. The Bible was at the foundation of the great awakening in the first half of…

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Nov 18, 2021

When there was violence against us, there was no condemnation.

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