Louie Gohmert

There is no prohibition against this Federal Government saying, 'We will lease the OCS, we will take our three-sixteenths undivided interest to profits...'

this rule is so cynical. The biggest spending bill in the history of the world and the rule says we can't even have the bill read out loud here on the floor so the American people really know what we're doing to future generations. And to…

Well, I don't know about eloquently, but I am certainly coming from the heart. There are a lot of people who we've heard from who are hurting, and they had great hopes because we elected a President who said he brought hope. Yet what we…

This is a deeply troubling time. And all of us know people who have lost their jobs and people who are endangered. I got the message just earlier that Lone Star Steel shares a lot of employees in my district and Ralph Hall's districts…

last night I sat here for much of an hour listening to Democratic colleagues across the aisle decrying how terrible deficit spending was. And the tax cuts brought us record revenue into the U.S. Treasury. That wasn't the problem. The…

the saying everybody in here already knows is that ``if you find yourself in a hole, it's time to stop digging.'' And there was far too much deficit spending for far too long. This bill, clearly, with all its lack of transparency, is not…

I can't tell you how it warms my heart to hear the former chairman say he was pleased to yield me time. I appreciate that. But one thing that isn't pleasing is this so-called stimulus bill. It's an abomination. We should not be doing this…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Appreciate that. And it has been interesting listening to my Democratic colleagues for the last 55 or so minutes talking about the deficit and what a problem that is for this Nation. I could not agree more. It was…

job losses hurt individuals. They hurt families. They hurt other families because they hurt the economy, and everyone is hurt mentally as well as economically. So what is causing the job loss? What is causing the downturn? Well, there is…

I am not a big fan of what has been going on by the investment banks.

But then what hits me was these are the kids that we are saddling with so much debt from what we are spending from this Congress.

I applaud the chairman's efforts to try to rein in some of the actions by the Secretary of the Treasury. I think it's well intentioned. But it directs the Secretary of the Treasury to take action. So does the motion to recommit. The bill…

I would only submit that had the Senate disapproved the bailout money, then the vote would have been substantially different.

we took up the issue of the Troubled Asset Recovery, whatever TARP stands for. $350 billion has been thrown, as one man wished it to be, as he directed. There's another $350 billion that has been allocated. Now, the question is, who's…

I don't think when we passed this bailout bill back in September we were standing with the homeowners, because we weren't. That money got given to banks, all kind of places. We're still trying to find out where all of it went, and we don't…

this weekend, a very important event will take place at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas. My friend, fellow Texas Aggie, constituent, and citizen soldier Colonel James ``Red'' Brown will be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. This…

I ran across some quotes here that are right in line with what my friend from Midland has been saying. Here's a quote from Dr. Richard Wagner, Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He said, ``The government can increase its…

Thank you, Mr. Westmoreland, for participating. You have made some great points. You know I have talked to a number of builders there in east Texas, where I represent, back in September. I know things were tough in a lot of places in the…

I do appreciate my friend for yielding. This is a good overall idea. It's a good bill in general. There needs to be more clarity. Many of us have wondered who is building these Presidential libraries, and this will help inform the public…

an 83-year-old woman told me she is paying over $400 a month now for her energy bills, and she may end up finishing her life burning wood, like she started it. The fact is, God has blessed this Nation with an abundance of solutions in the…

Energy is a huge problem around the country. My friend from Iowa was talking about the production of oil in Alaska, and it's amazing, but so many people were saying back in the days when there was talk of building a pipeline up to Prudhoe…

this afternoon an extraordinary thing did happen when we had a vote on a supplemental with all kinds of strings attached to it to fund our troops in harm's way. The Democrats have the majority. They have the ability to pass that funding…

this is such a critical issue. You know, there are so many important things facing this country, whether it's the war on terror, the importance of FISA. But when you talk to people at home, it's getting desperate. It is getting very…

some of our Democratic leaders say they just cannot agree to give immunity to the telecommunication companies for helping after 9/11. Perhaps the reluctance comes from massive contributions from law firms suing these patriotic companies…

I would submit to you, we are an even more important branch because we are more accountable to the people than the Senate is. The difference, though, in the Senate bill and this bill is, the Senate Democrats got input and allowed input…