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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.
Those are wonderful points, and it brings back to mind what someone has said before. The example of being on an airplane, the instruction we're all given when you get on an airplane is if there's a loss of cabin pressure, you lose oxygen…
People like Jerry Nadler have argued about dangers of Government having too much information.
I have seen how there can be violations of due process if everyone is not very diligent, and we need the safeguards in order to have proper oversight.
I am advocating for full funding on the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and also tying that together with consistent funding for PILT and Secure Rural Schools.
I appreciated your comments. You have no problem with States that, if they want to be more restrictive in their requirements for fracking or anything else, that is why Jeff Sessions in the Senate, and I and several other lawmakers are…
The local governments have suffered as time has gone on. Timber has not been harvested, not been replanted.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, despite all of the diatribe, all of the allegations, so many of which shocked me, this bill passed. There were things in the farm bill I was not crazy about, but what an extraordinary day for this reason…
I thank my friend from Nebraska. A wonderful point. I know that there are people on both sides of the aisle who are motivated, again, by doing the right thing. But when you know that you have a tyrant on one side in charge of the country…
I appreciate my friend from Minnesota yielding. It is pretty overwhelming. It's not just Texas. There's a 2010 Rasmussen poll that says 68 percent of likely voters think that securing the border is more important than granting amnesty to…
If the gentlelady will yield, we do have one metric from the Government Accountability Office. They have certified or indicated in their recent report that of the approximate 2,000-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico that 129 miles are…
Thank you. I too want to follow up on something Dr. Fleming was referring to. The Senate bill was considered some great panacea. It's going to solve all the problems. We are finally going to get border security, we are told. But I can…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this time, I would like to yield as much time as he may consume to my good friend from Texas (Mr. Flores). Honoring Lieutenant Colonel Todd Clark
I thank my friend from Texas, and I was quite impressed and pleased to work with Ms. Jackson Lee in our effort in helping one of our servicemen. Some people around the country say, Why can't people get along on both sides of the aisle…
Thank you, Mr. Flores. Colonel Clark was a great American. He was a great Aggie. He was just a great man. And I appreciate that tribute to him. Now, my friend from Texas from the Houston area wished to do a 1- minute, so I will yield to my…
My friends across the aisle obviously are concerned about section 4 of the Voting Rights Act being struck down. We debated the extension of the Voting Rights Act in the Judiciary Committee, and I have great respect for then-Chairman John…
Today we did vote on the farm bill, as it's been referred to, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act. But as some of us have pointed out--and I attempted to establish through an amendment--this was not a farm bill. Eighty…
I realize that there are many in schools that are not taught as much history as they should now because they're teaching to this ridiculous test, but it is important we learn from history. Right now in Syria, we have rebels that are backed…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are living in interesting times--it's purported to be a Chinese curse to live in interesting times--but when you see what is confronting this country, what is taking our liberties, what is threatening our way of…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today is a very important day, the day of the anniversary of the invasion on D-day during World War II. There is also another important aspect about today, because we learned about the administration's collecting of…
Thank you. This is the anniversary of D-Day. So many Americans died on the beaches at Normandy. So many free countries gave the last full measure of devotion there on those beaches. It wasn't Normandy but rather another beach where one of…
I saw our Chairman, Richard Pombo, doing everything he could to reach out on both sides of the aisle...
I find it interesting somebody could be involved in the litigation process and... be just indignant that it is an insult to our judges.
Thank you very much. It is an important issue. We have a report here indicating the currently countless numbers, trying to get a count of groups that were targeted. We've seen reports that groups, Jewish and Christian groups, that were…
Reclaiming the time momentarily, it's interesting, you know, we find out, as people have been digging deeper over the last few days, that the President of the United States met with the anti-Tea Party IRS union chief the day before the…
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