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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.
As read, this would transfer $35.956 million into an account under the bill that specifies, ``shall be for National Guard counterdrug program.'' We have spoken with people on the border. They know the problems they are having. They need…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $35,956,000)''. Page 36, line 14, after the dollar amount…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 7, line 2, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(increased by $41,492,000)''. Page 9, line 6, after the…
Because under the math of CBO, as fuzzy as it is, by reducing one account by $57 million, even CBO says, yes, that takes care of equalizing the outlay of $41,492,000 in the account to increase that for the National Guard. So it should have…
There was a press conference we had with all these mothers and the three girls sitting in the back, but it was amazing to hear the comments of all of those Nigerians. All of their comments showed forth faith. It is amazing. I doubt that I…
The former Attorney General of Nigeria has also weighed in and is really working hard to combat radical Islam, and so it is good to see both government officials and former government officials like that weigh in.
I want to thank my good friend, Chris Smith. It turns out that he and I were in Nigeria around the same time. And I am so grateful for his work. He cares so deeply about life, about freedom, about religious liberty, as much as or more than…
If that FTO--foreign terrorist organization--designation had been made earlier on, some might ask, what difference does it make? Well, clearly it could have made a big difference, because if the emphasis had been placed earlier on at just…
My friend brings up an interesting point. When I was there last week, a couple of the Christian pastors from Nigeria that were working with the victims, one of them pointed out to me that one of his groomsmen was a Muslim and they are…
I think my friend and I both agree, we are not asking the United States to go to war in Nigeria.
That is not necessary. When you go back to Afghanistan, within 4 or 5 months, the Taliban was totally defeated without one American losing his or her life; and we helped them with the kind of thing the gentleman is talking about: training…
The gentleman met with fathers. I didn't meet with fathers. I asked a pastor: Why do we not hear more and see more of the fathers of the girls who were abducted, kidnapped, and being brutalized? I was aware, and some of them had talked…
As a child growing up in Mount Pleasant, Texas, my mother's first cousins, Gene and Mary Leigh Legg, and their children-- Beth, Arnold Lloyd, and Linda Leigh--were missionaries to Nigeria. They would go to Nigeria for 3 years and then come…
I thank the gentleman. I want to finish by commenting on the comments of our President, particularly in the context of what has gone on in the world. The story says that, at a White House event on Wednesday, where the President took…
A great deal has been going on in the last 24 hours--a lot of surprises--which help make life interesting. Mr. Speaker, I want to call to attention, again, the human tragedy that has arisen in Africa--and Nigeria specifically--as I was…
I keep hearing from people that have been there, that have been working with them, articles that are being published, the information is pretty basic, even though a spokesman for the Administration says they don't know why there is this…
They are being told with the massive numbers, don't turn them away, let them come in.
I got a report from some Border Patrol that from October 2008 to April of 2014, Texas identified a total of 177,588 unique criminal alien defendants booked into Texas county jails.
We have been going through appropriation bills, today Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. We have had an open rule process where anybody who wanted to bring any amendment could do so. I was a little surprised that my…
I agree with my friend from Missouri that Congress is dysfunctional. I am told by people that were here in the late seventies, eighties, nineties, that if a President started usurping power of the legislature, of the Congress, that very…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 85, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $7,100,000)''. Page 87, line 24, after the dollar amount…
Are you going to formulate a plan to reduce the massive numbers of aliens in this country illegally that have been ordered removed from the United States?
So either Secretary Napolitano lied to me or we have people at Homeland Security that are lying to State officials.
Let me just say I agree with my colleague from Texas about Camp Ashraf and the injustices that have gone on...
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