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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.
Saturday was a great day in American history. It was a great day in international history. And for those of us that do not read Time Magazine, it was a great day for democracy. The Iraqi elections came off Saturday. The results are still…
somebody once said when talking about government, no matter how cynical you get, it is never enough to catch up. Mr. Speaker, we have been hearing for so long the Republicans should do something about bringing down gas prices. Well, we…
a number of our friends across the aisle yesterday once again demanded that an independent commission is vital to what they said is getting to the truth about the response to Hurricane Katrina. They want a commission like the 9/11…
yesterday, this body passed the gentleman from Michigan's (Mr. Conyers) hate crime bill with very little notice. Some here were heard to say, oh, well, they will just take it out in conference. However, there is a decent chance that will…
we just passed a hate crimes bill. There is no Federal nexus, not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Constitution, but then again we have a Supreme Court that often does not recognize the Constitution as written. It rewrites it…
I appreciated hearing from my colleague from Iowa regarding his saying in elementary school that he wanted to change the government. I think about the example of the emperor who had no clothes, yet all the crowd got swept up in seeing…
But we all loved, I think, his simplicity. Even towards the end of this great man's life, I remember seeing on television the reporters all after him, asking are you going to resign or are you going to retire? And he came back, this man of…
Chief Justice Rehnquist was a man of great intellect on a Court that is saturated with great intellect. He was also a man of vast common sense. Unfortunately, common sense was not so well and evenly distributed on the Court. Nonetheless…
in the last few weeks, once again, there has been no shortage of a man named Mr. Joe Wilson on television. Who is Mr. Joe Wilson? Why would he want to use false claims to attack this Bush administration? Mr. Joe Wilson endorsed Senator…
I think it is interesting here when we look at this to note: Since the attacks of 9/11, the number of individuals arrested by the Department of Justice as a result of international terrorism investigations, 395. That is 395 that there was…
I thank it is worth noting that these people who are bent on our destruction are so consumed with evil and hatred that they would blow up sweet little innocent Iraqi children. They are not just killing Americans, they will kill anybody…
if the gentleman does not mind, I would like to have a dialogue. I would like to have a ``quadolog'' with our other colleagues here. I think we could have a good discussion because something good happened today. It was not just today; it…
in the entire realm of human history there exists periods of time when evil people bent on destroying good, wholesome, wonderful ways of life get enough power to try to do that and to create chaos and to literally try to send us into a…
the London bombings were indeed tragic. They bring us back to what really matters. We saw the resolve of the British people after the attack. Life would go on. Here in America, we have been so deeply blessed, and just as the words above…
in recent weeks, there have continued to be reckless, anti-American comments made by some who even work in this very Capitol building. The truth has been emerging more recently of our soldiers' incredibly hospitable treatment of our…
in ancient days of kingdoms and fiefdoms, those in authority would sometimes arbitrarily and sometimes capriciously order the transfer of property from one owner to another person who was in greater favor with the ruler at that particular…
I ask to take my Special Order at this time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? There was no objection. ____________________
with the Supreme Court's decision regarding the Ten Commandments, they basically ruled as they had inferred, during oral arguments, as I witnessed them personally, in their chamber. They made fairly clear through their opinion that the…
as the right honorable gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), a good friend, former coach, had indicated, there are Members of this body who believe the solution in Iraq is to set a date certain by which we will begin removing or have our…
It extends in whole if they are going to vote with us more than 50 percent of the time. The Acting CHAIRMAN. All time for debate on the amendment has expired. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr…
Well, I am nearly done. But that makes an exception. That gives them flexibility. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from California.
on the birthday of my daughter, Katy, who was born 8-10 weeks prematurely, but still lives and blesses my life. There are so many well-meaning people who want to see others cured. We, everyone of us in this body, want that. We know that…
I do applaud the comments being a Rotarian. Rotary International has done a great deal. But I rise today because, yesterday, we heard and read news reports of the United Nations efforts to keep secret the very information with which it…
this supplemental bill is a good bill. I was privileged to go with my good friend, the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), to Iraq. We visited with the troops. And some of the troops indicated that they got the satellite transmissions…
I do have another bill that has not yet been filed. We are in the process of gathering sponsors for this bill, and I have simply entitled it the United Nations Accountability Act. It is high time we did have some accountability from the…
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