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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.
A lot of things going on in the Middle East, a lot of things needing to be addressed at this point. I have grave concerns about the manner in which this administration is handling the things in the Middle East, maybe continuing with the…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. These are interesting days in which we live. There is supposed to be an old Chinese curse that says: May you live in interesting times; and it's as if that curse has been placed on us. We certainly live in…
It is such an honor to serve with such an honorable man as Colonel Allen West. I've known him for a few years, going back to his previous efforts at election to the House of Representatives. I'm just delighted that he is here. I'm…
Hopefully we can get the EPA to stop the hysteria until they have some science to support them.
We know from the Deepwater Horizon fiasco that there were--we had testimony from a former employee, was head of the BLM at the time, that the only real check and balance with regard to offshore inspectors was to send them out in pairs so…
There has been an analogy that if the entire ANWR area were considered the size of a football field, that the area proposed for drilling is around the size of a postage stamp.
Happy Valentine's Day to you. Thank you for this time. There is so much going on. We have had in recent days the testimony of the director of CBO, Congressional Budget Office, making projections. We've had the White House dictating what…
But so far it seems that the real revolution is in those who are cronies who get hundreds of millions of dollars, only to go bankrupt.
Would it have made more sense, in your estimation, to propose rules after you got the study on exactly what effect hydraulic fracking was having?
I come tonight deeply troubled about the situation in the Middle East, as so many people are, and also about the response of this country to our dear friend, Israel. It has been quite interesting to see as Iran comes ever closer to having…
Thank you. I appreciate my friend, Mr. Nunnelee's, effort in recognizing the role that America has had in fostering the greatest building block any society has ever known--marriage, plain and simple. I was blessed to have had two parents…
I think it would make the United States very happy to see that, it would make people of Afghanistan very happy that the Taliban was no longer being provided weapons to inflict harm on them.
Well, this has been a good day legislatively in the United States House of Representatives, and there are a lot of good things to be said about what's happened today. Yesterday, there was a wonderful event; it's called the President's…
I understand the concerns of my friend across the aisle, but I'm telling you, this is a great day for Congress, for America. Going back to 1974, the most liberal Congress in America until the time when Speaker Pelosi took the gavel, in…
It's wonderful to hear so many of not just colleagues but friends here on the floor discussing what is so important to this Nation--responsibility. And if you want to talk fiscal responsibility, it would certainly seem that the first place…
It's an honor to be here before you tonight. There's so much going on in this country, so many threats to our national security, and energy is one of them. I am so proud to be a Member of Congress with the freshmen that I have heard here…
There are consequences of not having a budget. One of them is you don't make proper plans. How else can you explain the Obama administration going so long and crying so loudly, Gee, we can't find $10 billion to cut, much less $100 billion…
It's a privilege to be speaking on the floor here this evening. Here we've been talking for some time about the huge deficit spending that's going on. In fact, Republicans have promised to make massive cuts. And the old story that used to…
It's sometimes hard to reconcile the speeches we hear here on the floor with the legislation that we've passed. People have been speaking from the other side of the aisle here for the last 30 minutes about how the Republicans in the House…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the comments of my colleague from Texas, my sister in faith. I know we get carried away sometimes in worrying about different bills. There's a lot to be concerned about. But looking at our Nation's…
There is so much going on these days. We have the responsibility of reining in spending, if we will just simply live up to it. We know that our friends at the other end of the hall, the majority in the Senate, want to spend, want to tax…
I think it is particularly interesting that this determination by the Army came, or our military leaders, came here in December. We just observed--it wasn't a celebration--we observed the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. As Judge Carter…
I thank my friend, and I appreciate his taking the time to discuss this matter of national security. I have the quote directly here from Army Chief of Staff General George W. Casey, Jr., who was the Chief of Staff at the time of the Fort…
This is a quote that, obviously, he and those helping him had prepared to give in response to 14 people being killed. We know one was an unborn child and that one of the people was a pregnant woman--a female soldier. So here is the quote…
There is an article dated February 9, 2010, in The Washington Times by Bill Gertz that says, the Army was warned about the jihadist threat in '08. It says: Almost 2 years before the deadly Fort Hood shooting by a radicalized Muslim…
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