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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.
I rise today in honor of John Edward Dean's 90th birthday. John Edward Dean was born June 18, 1917 in Upshur County, Texas. He grew up in my district, in the town of Gilmer, where he attended Gilmer public schools and graduated from Gilmer…
Mr. Chairman, I read a sign almost every day, they are out in hallways all over, from the Blue Dog Coalition, and as of today, it says today's U.S. national debt, $8.807 trillion; your share, $29,000. There's some of us all the time we…
I was in my office and was so encouraged to hear the majority leader earlier say, as I understood it, unethical conduct would be pursued no matter where, no matter who. And, of course, we just recently had an allegation by Mike Rogers…
I didn't have planned remarks, but then again, I didn't think what we just witnessed would take place today. We had heard for 1 years, 2 years, that if the Democratic Party got the majority in this House, we would have the most bipartisan…
During the 1990s, though, we were assured; we heard so many times all these lies about weapons of mass destruction. And maybe it is unfortunate that it turns out that all the times President Clinton assured us that Iraq had weapons of mass…
as always, it is such an honor to be part of this body when you know the sacrifices that have been made by so many just to allow us to be here at this time in history. There is a defense bill that we will be talking about some in the next…
It is not a guarantee, but it is the provision that there are grants available to provide medical care, open-ended medical care. I tried to limit it to 6 months after prison. It should be limited to the day they walk out. I tried to limit…
I thank my former judge friend. You brought up about our soldiers going door-to-door in Iraq looking for the three soldiers that are missing, how critical intelligence is. Now, I know the gentleman from Texas, my friend, the gentlelady…
If you are going to do things that make gasoline go up, at least have pride enough when the price goes up to come to the floor and say, ``You bet you we are the Democratic majority, and we drove up the price of gas and we are proud of it.''
You make a great point about this being just the start, the well over $360 million, but I love Ronald Reagan's old quote about, beginning a government program is the closest thing to eternal life on earth that we have and so if Reagan was…
Yes, that is absolutely true. But another dimension that is added to this is the fact that it can go on beyond your incarceration. You and I both agree that when it comes to retraining and education and drug and alcohol treatment, we…
this bill starts off with a preamble that makes it faulty to begin with. There are all kinds of recitations in the beginning, factual, so-called findings that were not supported and are not supported by any evidence. That is a major…
I need to respond to my friend from the District of Columbia with regard to have I talked to the State of Maryland. All I can do is what we can do here, what we can do constitutionally. And I am shocked at the inference that Maryland…
our thoughts and prayers, I know, from all of us here in the House go out to the families of those harmed and the families of those who were murdered there at Virginia Tech. We do extend our sympathies. It seems like it would be…
You know, when you and I discussed this, and if we could exchange in a colloquy here for a moment, but you and I discussed this back at the time when we were having a vote on this matter. I came to the floor very excited because this…
it is important to look at the words of the Constitution themselves. It says very clearly, and this is Article I, section 2. This is what talks about who will comprise the House of Representatives, who will comprise the Congress. It says…
regarding the recently revealed abuses of power and process by the FBI, Director Mueller has now indicated that he should have provided adequate training, experience and oversight. He is right. But it also ignores what may have been one of…
I have had people say the Constitution itself, there is nothing at all like it. By the way, you cannot send out a letter with the letters addressed or dated as you date them because it says like for today, March whatever day, all my…
we have heard people on the floor today say basically that eliminating the secret ballot will not affect the ordinary worker's rights. Madam Chairman, some of us grew up in schools that were public schools, being taught by teachers who…
you know, over the last 12 years, the Democrats have been in the minority, Republicans have been in the majority. The economy boomed in the late '90s. We had this tragic event on 9/11; it should have sent this country into a terrible…
As the old saying goes, we are all entitled to our own opinion, but we are not entitled to our own set of facts. Facts are facts. One of the things I have heard over and over the last couple of days, well, it goes without saying. Normally…
when people on the other side of the aisle wonder how we can ask, Do you really support the troops? How about this quote that was contributed to Mr. Murtha? ``They won't be able to continue. They won't be able to do the deployment. They…
it was truly an honor to know Charlie Norwood; I admired and respected him. And shortly after I got here to this body I was told by another Member from Georgia, he was sitting by Charlie when I was up speaking and he said, Who is that guy…
Resolved by the House of Representatives that Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and…
If a luxury jet liner is flying, taking off from Washington, D.C., and flying nonstop to San Francisco with one passenger and 16 crew members, and they land in San Francisco with the one passenger, the Speaker, and then, instead of…
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