Congressional disgust with IRS Commissioner John Koskinen deepened on Wednesday after his claim that the agency effectively encourages illegal immigrants to file tax returns using fraudulent Social Security numbers, with lawmakers calling for his ouster. "I think it certainly is appropriate to talk about new leadership," South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican who sits on the Senate Finance Co... Read more »
During the Salvation Army of Lufkin’s 75th anniversary celebration Wednesday night at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, right, presents Capt. Jason Moore, center, and Major Mario Maldonado with a U.S. flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol for one day in honor of the organization’s years of service. The Salvation Army celebrated its 75th year of serving the Angelina Cou... Read more »
House lawmakers had some harsh words for a top Department of the Interior (DOI) official over the agency’s failure to create a functioning law enforcement database for federal lands after wasting $15 million over more than a decade. “This is government incompetence rivaled only by the roll-out of the Obamacare website,” Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert said in opening comments during a House Co... Read more »
Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today praised U.S. Representatives Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Pete Sessions (R-Texas) for being early cosponsors of the Consolidated Appropriations Amendments of 2016 offered by U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.): “The surest, most effective way to stop Obama's continued usurpation of congressional authority is to defund those overreaching regulat... Read more »
“My first daughter was born very prematurely. They rushed her from the Tyler Texas hospital, where she was born, over to a hospital in Shreveport with the highest level of neonatal intensive care. My wife could not leave the hospital in Tyler, but she urged me to go do all I could for our daughter. The neonatologist in Shreveport encouraged me to caress her, talk to her. He said though she cannot ... Read more »
The Iran nuclear deal is signed, it survived a congressional hurdle and now even the sanctions are being removed, but Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, is now looking to the courts to stop the deal in its tracks. Gohmert said this is the last chance to derail what he insists is a treaty while President Obama is in the White House. Despite the fact the deal is already being implemented in multiple ways,... Read more »
As protesters continue to engage in a standoff against the government at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, conservatives agree the events have elevated the debate over federal land ownership. But lawmakers stop short of endorsing the actions of the protesters occupying a federal building located south of Burns, Ore. “It’s brought attention to a problem issue,” Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, told... Read more »
Critics of the massive spending bill currently before Congress aren't hard to find. One of those – a Christian pro-family pundit – is upset the bill completely funds President Obama's resettlement plan for Muslim refugees. "There's absolutely nothing to block the president from bringing in as many Muslims from war-torn, dangerous areas as he chooses without the proper vetting and signing up for be... Read more »
House Speaker Paul Ryan calls the omnibus spending bill a compromise that gives both sides of the aisle some of what it wants, but Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, says the bill is a non-starter because it doesn’t take the steps necessary to keep terrorists from entering the country. “We took an oath. We’re supposed to protect this country, the Constitution. We’re supposed to provide for the common de... Read more »
Discussing how the Obama administration apparently is not controlling illegal immigration and is using terrorist attacks to justify calls for more gun control, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said it is lawmakers’ duty to protect Americans “against all enemies foreign and domestic,” and stressed that Muslim immigrants who believe sharia law (Islamic law) must supplant the Constitution cannot be Ameri... Read more »
