Louie Gohmert

Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's a pleasure to follow my friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. Altmire) and before that my friend from Georgia (Mr. Woodall). It made a lot of sense. In fact, the last vote we took today was to eliminate the word…

It's uplifting to hear my friend, Dan Lungren from California. What an amazing public servant he has been. I fought battles with the man. I know his heart. And he's going to be sorely missed. He cares so deeply about this country. Such is…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding. It is an honor, privilege and a pleasure--all three--to be here to pay tribute to our friend Ralph Hall. I think I'm the only one that has spoken that was actually represented by Ralph Hall, and so…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There's so many problems in the world. There's so many problems here in America. There's so many things that are being hidden, kept secret, that need to have sunlight hit them and come to be known, because sunlight…

Violence is continuing to erupt in the Middle East. Unfortunately, it remains true that for every action there is a reaction. So when this administration decided to push its ally, President Mubarak, out of leadership in Egypt, it was…

Well, my head is spinning a bit after hearing my friends across the aisle. I heard our former Speaker ask about whether we're better off now than we were 4 years ago, and actually ask how can people who perpetuated this economic disaster…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The things that are going on right now in the world are deeply troubling. For those of us who have studied history, it becomes even more disturbing when we make the same mistakes again, mistakes that get people…

In the summer of 1973, it was a real honor for me to be selected to go on an exchange program. Of course I had to borrow the money to go and had to pay that back by working hard to take care of the loan, but I went on an exchange program…

How much time is remaining, Mr. Speaker? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 25 minutes remaining.

I know the President says he is for 'all of the above,' but then we find out that apparently just means he is for 'all above the ground.'

My friend also said Congress has put oil ahead of people, and I want to let him know that is not true of the people I know in this body and in this Committee.

The government has a responsibility to be honest, and if the government intentionally misled or recklessly misled the American people...

It's a difficult day, difficult week in the world. And I appreciate the tribute of my friend, Bill Flores, for a great American hero. I also want to pay tribute today to our U.S. Ambassador, Chris Stevens, and the three others who were…

At this time I want to yield to my doctor friend from Texas, a former student of Texas A&M University, as myself, a guy who, as a junior in college when I was a senior in college, helped tutor me to make a 98 on the final exam of our…

11 years ago today, the worst attack in American history on American soil occurred; more loss of life than Pearl Harbor. It was a day that those of us who are alive and old enough to know what was happening will never forget. It was a day…

It seems ironic that, after all these years of hearing how much more efficient it is to live in a city, to then put the burden on people living in rural areas for things they don't see any benefit from.

It is much like your car. You know, when you have a car, the older it gets, the more expensive, the more you have to pay for maintenance on that.

I live in East Texas. And we have rural electricity users who are quite concerned that they are going to be forced to pay for extravagant efforts at making things more efficient somewhere else that they will not see any benefit from.

It just seems ridiculous, until such time as we have some means of holding electricity, that we would keep blowing these vast amounts of monies and demanding Americans pay for this.

For God's sake, for my family's sake, 'Would you please stop the increase in the electricity and gasoline prices?'

It just doesn't seem to make sense that we would keep on with this effort of wind and solar.

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas will state his inquiry.

Isn't this the point at which Speaker Pelosi 4 years ago turned off the lights and microphones and wouldn't let us make speeches? I'm just curious. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a parliamentary inquiry…

These are interesting times we live in, and it's nice to follow my friend, Mr. Shimkus, a graduate of the United States Military Academy, a servant of this country in the military, and still a servant in this country. It's good to call him…

this President acted on the recommendations of experts who did not make those recommendations.