Louie Gohmert

Mandatory minimums have been, obviously, quite controversial over the years.

I appreciate all of you bringing that forward.

I had absolutely no problem with being given a wide range of punishment and let me have the discretion.

Today, once again, the President has unilaterally, almost like a monarch, said ObamaCare is the law. The fact is Harry Reid and the Senate were willing to shut down the government instead of just passing a bill that would have suspended…

So this causes me great concerns without regard for discussion about Snowden, the fact that we had information provided to us that were misrepresentations of what was being done by this government.

And when we saw the copy of this order from the FISA Court, all those assurances from my terms as a freshman went out the window because you have a judge, based on this before the FISA Court, who just says give all call detail records…

And let me tell you something else that concerns me is, yes, I know the Constitution and the Fourth Amendment does say that we have the right to be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and…

It has been an honor and a privilege and a pleasure to work with Trudi Terry here in the House. I really hate to see her retire. She has put up with me more times than most people have had to, and kept a wonderful spirit and cooperative…

So, yes, I would say that if law enforcement is after them, the other law enforcement ought to know that they are investigating the people they are about to give money to.

It seems like it is better to know before a payment is made whether or not it is a good idea.

I appreciate so much my dear friend, Mr. Perry's, last hour, almost, talking about such an important issue. I know there are those who say the number one job of Congress is to create jobs; but I think a more appropriate reading of our…

This is an important day in the history of at one time the greatest nation in the world, Egypt. It has come a long way since those days thousands of years ago. But there is a lot of misunderstanding about what has being going on in Egypt…

Sometimes people say, Gee, if you are back here in Texas, you ought to be in Washington in session. I have to remind them that when we are in session, it is often the single biggest threat to American liberty, because when we are in…

I certainly want to thank my colleagues for bringing such an important issue to the floor for discussion. This is an important time in American history for so many reasons. Foreign policy is just in terrible shambles right now. But today…

I hear people across America that have been--they have had the wool pulled over their eyes...

This hearing is not about the elimination of abortion, but as the Supreme Court said in Rust v. Sullivan...

That sounds very much like the political appointees of President Obama wanted to apply the new rule, and the career people there wanted to apply the old rule.

I know the President has talked so much about his disdain for big oil, and yet he brings somebody back from big oil that helped big oil make billions and billions of dollars to the detriment of this country.

A great deal of news has come out. So many things have happened since we recessed in December. Some things did not get the attention they should have. This is an article from the Daily Caller, December 18, entitled: ``Senate Democrats…

To address the Affordable Care Act, as it was improperly and inaccurately labeled, is an article from Ben Shapiro in Breitbart today that said: On Friday, PolitiFact bowed to the inevitable and named President Obama's ``If you like your…

It is an honor to stand here and congratulate the National Industries for the Blind, that is the NIB, on their 75th anniversary and the great work they do for Texas' First Congressional District. NIB's mission is to ``enhance opportunities…

Tonight, one of the things we did was to take up the National Defense Authorization Act. It was to extend the power of the President. There were some good things in it. I applaud the inclusion of the conscience exception that would allow…

I also want to comment before we're done here today about what is going on in Syria, because there is so much false information going on. There are many really fine people, including friends in the Senate who are smart people but are just…

I was grateful to hear from my dear friend--and I do mean dear friend. I think greatly of Ms. Kaptur. I was glad to hear somebody has gotten a good report on the so-called Affordable Care Act. We are continuing to hear sad story after sad…

I understand under Article I, Section 8 that the Congress is given the power to make the law when it comes to issues regarding immigration, naturalization, those type of things.