Louie Gohmert

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

It is true, Qadhafi is a bad guy. He needs to go. But the problem is for those who say will this mean the end of the Bush doctrine, well, I don't know that this President has really been enforcing the Bush doctrine. But the problem is, as…

As always, it's an honor to speak here in the House of Representatives. I heard Democratic friends mention earlier that what we need to do to get the economy going is start spending on infrastructure because our grandchildren will really…

I know the president made the mistake one day of saying that he had visited all 57 states. And I'm well aware that there are not 57 states in this country, although there are 57 members of OIC, the Islamic states in the world.

This administration will have been complicit in helping people who want to destroy our country out of the ignorance to think, if you help your enemies, they're going to like you better.

I know the President made the mistake one day of saying that he had visited all 57 states. And I'm well aware that there are not 57 states in this country, although there are 57 members of OIC, the Islamic states in the world. Perhaps…

We have an obligation to the 50 American states, not the 57 Muslim Islamic states, that our oath we took is in this body in this House.

And it's to the people of America. And it's not to the Muslim Brotherhood, who may very well take over Egypt. And once they do, they are bent upon setting up a caliphate around the world, including the United States.

I would like to address myself for a moment to Afghanistan. That is where Brad Gaudet and so many Americans have fought and have died. It was the place where the Taliban flourished. They trained terrorists; they prepared for the chance to…

On Sunday, June 5, the State of Texas and our Nation lost a true hero. Chief Warrant Officer Brad Gaudet was killed in Afghanistan after his helicopter crashed near Kabul. Brad was the best and brightest of what the First Congressional…

The Speaker is to be commended for bringing these two bills to the floor. Unfortunately, we have a President who cared more about what the Arab League and the U.N. thought than he did his own elected Congress. We've been kept in the dark…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Issa

Under this amendment, no funds would be made available by this act for the new construction, purchase, or lease of any building or any space in the District of Columbia except where a contract was entered into before the date of the…

If the leases were appropriately drafted, then normally they would have an option for additional time. That under this amendment would mean that that was a contract entered into prior to the enactment of this bill. So that wouldn't be a…

I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

If the gentleman would like to add those to this amendment, I would be glad to accept that.

Well, the intent is that since this is where so much construction and leasing has been done, that that's where it needs to stop, that the bureaucracy here in Washington has expanded to the point that this was a good place to draw the line…

I thank my friend from Iowa, my very dear friend. As my friend knows, he and I've both been extremely vigilant in following up on these issues. But I wanted to point out, there is a lot of confusion. There are people on television that are…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I am so grateful that I have such a dear friend from Iowa as Mr. Steve King. There's no price you can put on a dear friend like that. Thank you. I would like to continue on in this discussion about the…

I am about to file a bill, its number will be determined later, but it expresses support for the State of Israel's right to defend Israeli sovereignty, to protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, and to use all means necessary…

I want to identify with the comments of my friend from Indiana. Well said. Great thoughts. We have wonderful friends in this world, as a Nation. But we need to recognize who are our friends and who are our enemies and who are the places…

I appreciate the proponent of this amendment in his zeal to ensure that the environment is properly addressed, but those concerns are properly addressed in the permitting policy. The problem is that we had a company with around 800 safety…

I certainly do appreciate the recommendations of my friend from Iowa. And I certainly agree, we should be passing a bill that would require no leeway for the Treasury's Secretary, that he should pay our debts as they come due and also make…

You could have an immediate effect if you would encourage your party's President to change course and start creating jobs. The energy industry would create a million jobs across the country if we opened up the OCS. We've heard the…

We heard from our friend from Massachusetts the allegation that we over here on this side of the aisle were squeezing Medicare. Good grief. Even now has the gentleman from Massachusetts not read the ObamaCare bill? It cuts $500 billion out…