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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.
If I could reclaim my time on that point, apparently, my friends across the aisle do not want to recall, but the truth is that the rebate that was $40 billion of the stimulus package, of the Democratic Congress stimulus package of January…
I thank my friend from Virginia, truly a conscience in this body, for those profound words of challenge, bringing us back to the roots from which this great Nation has grown. And I realize the time grows late, and it is the last hour that…
I was hearing my friend across the aisle. He was yelling about things not being paid for when, actually, what happened was, in my first 2 years here, in 2005 and 2006, our friends across the aisle pointed out to voters, These guys are…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now, as always, it is a great honor to speak on this floor where so many have given so much trying to get the country in the right direction. I do need to address some things that have come up. For one thing, I…
Well, I keep hearing our friends across the aisle end up talking about George W. Bush. They keep forgetting that got them the majority in November of 2006. My friends across the aisle have been in charge ever since 2006. It's time to do…
Again it's certainly a privilege to get to speak in this hallowed hall, where so many courageous decisions have been made, and also so many ill-begotten decisions have been made. Speaking of which, today in our Natural Resources Committee…
It is always an honor and privilege to speak on the floor of the House of Representatives where so much history has been made. There are a number of things we need to cover. I had some interesting things going on in the Natural Resources…
That's one of the great things about our system, we have a chance to speak from both sides. As I listened, I was surprised to hear I had taken so many positions that I had never taken. But let me just say that with regard to Republicans…
That bailout of Wall Street was a disastrous mistake. It's tragic that the American people have not done as well as the people who ran their own car off in a ditch and then had their neighbors involuntarily pull it out for them, and now…
Well, we heard from CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, rather interesting. Got a nice quote. Director Elmendorf announced that, in part of his statement he said, the gloomy, long-term picture is not an argument for rejecting additional…
You can't buy friendship. Didn't people learn that on the playground? You can give somebody your sandwich, you can give somebody your lunch money and hope that they leave you alone, but all they do is keep coming back for more sandwiches…
Well, in closing, let me just refer to this little Bible my aunt says my uncle received going into World War II from the Federal Government when he went in the Army. It has a metal plate on it. It says: ``May the Lord be with you.'' And I…
I have appreciated my colleague's insights. Somebody who has spent his entire adult life working on the issues of health care and trying to be a healer and a helper certainly has a good idea about ways to fix our health care system. It's…
It's always an honor to be here and to be speaking on the floor where so many who have served this country so honorably and well have done the same thing. I never lose sight of that fact. It gets a little discouraging at times. It's…
When we talk about Wall Street, one of the things that really gets me is, if you look at the numbers and why there wasn't more reform of Wall Street, what we find out is that actually both to the Obama campaign running for President and to…
Well, I thank my friend from Iowa so much. In fact, I had some dear friends--and I, actually, have them here present--one whom my wife and I taught in Sunday school 20 years or so ago and who is here with her mom. Anyway, she was saying…
It certainly is part of Minerals Management Service. I have to say, it was a hunch when I heard President Obama talking about the cozy relationship between Big Oil and the regulators. It just hit me, and I sent a message to my staff and…
The people who are coming into the country illegally, obviously they are not worrying about what the laws in the wilderness area are. They can bring mechanical things and let them work there, but the Border Patrol cannot pursue them. Those…
Well, it makes most of us just furious that BP appears to have gotten in such a hurry that with all the talk and all the help that Senator Kerry and the global warming bill and this administration on global warming and all the bills they…
Well, I was just going to mention, former Vice President Gore. He has got a global warming problem of his own now, so I will probably just leave reference to him out entirely. Apparently his planet is warming right now. But it is…
Well, reclaiming my time, it appears that apparently former President George W. Bush must have had an awful lot of activity to have that kind of effect on global warming even back then. But then I find it interesting, because I know my…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to follow up on what my friends were discussing because this oil spill is so important. And when our colleagues across the aisle control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the most we…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are three different issues that I am compelled to bring up and to discuss. One, first of all, is with what is going on in the Gulf of Mexico. Being from Texas, we are particularly sensitive to what happens…
I want to encourage people to read that, as my friends have already mentioned. Some have said you would never want to have an amendment convention because it might be full of people who would come up with crazy amendments that would…
I really appreciate that point. Of course, it's the problem we have right now. When the Federal Government is moving toward a 1.3 to $1.6 trillion deficit in 1 year, they are sucking the capital from every corner of the world, printing…
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