Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s decision to mandate a 30 percent cut in carbon emissions at fossil fuel-burning power plants by 2030: “President Obama’s plan to combat global warming is a actually a plan that will ultimately shut down power plants and cause air conditioning bills to 'necessarily skyrocket' as he promised when he was a candidate. Unfortunately, that appears to be one of the few campaign promises he has kept. At a time when...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement on the Palestinian unity government of Fatah and Hamas: "The Palestinian unity of both the Fatah and Hamas governments is more than troubling; it has very deadly implications for any Israeli who simply wants to live in peace. This unity of these two Palestinian rival groups will eliminate a distraction from the hatred of Israelis and the desire to wipe them off the globe. When two groups would love to see genocide of the Jewish people, ...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki’s resignation today: “More and more we are seeing instances like the Phoenix VA hospital, where 1,600 veterans waited for more than a year for first time appointments with primary-care physicians and sometimes more than 200 days for referrals to specialists. Sorrowfully, as a result, an estimated 40 veterans passed away waiting for the care they were promised to receive at that one facility in...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement today celebrating and honoring the significance of Memorial Day: “Today we honor those men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. These brave patriots answered their country’s call with honor, and paid with their 'last full measure of devotion.' In the face of danger’s snare, they fought with dignity, devotion, valor and vigor. They sacrificed their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today. It appears that we may...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) voted to hold former top IRS official, Lois Lerner, in contempt of the United States Congress and voted for the appointment of a special prosecutor. He released the following statement regarding his thoughts and support for this vote: “It is neither fair nor legal to waive one’s Constitutional right to remain silent in order to proclaim innocence before Congress while stating that nothing has been done wrong, and then try to reclaim Fifth Amendment rights to remain sil...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement regarding the decision made to appoint a select committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi: “For more than a year and a half, I have been pushing for House Leadership to establish a select committee to investigate the deadly attack on our U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Four precious Americans lives were lost that day and it is our job to get to the bottom of what truly happened. I app...
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Last night, Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) was named the next President of The Texas State Society of Washington, D.C. He issued the following statement expressing his deep gratitude for the privilege of serving in this position: “It is an absolute honor to serve as the President of The Texas State Society of Washington, D.C. Community is always important. The Texas State Society provides this essential kinship among Texas colleagues living and working in Washington, DC. As a native Texan and United...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement today regarding Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks that Israel could become an ‘apartheid state’: "Today Secretary of State John Kerry accused the Jewish people of Israel of risking guilt for the crime of ‘Apartheid.’ He said that about Israeli Jews who the U.N. unanimously provided a nation after the worst genocide in world history. Secretary Kerry is ignorant of both history and the offense of ‘Apartheid.’ Our Secretary of State ...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement today regarding the passage of The Baseline Reform Act, which he spearheaded in the House of Representatives: “Since my first term in 2005, I have been pushing to end the automatic increases in every federal department’s budget. Having filed the Zero Baseline Budget bill in each term of Congress since I’ve been here, I am gratified to have it passed out of the Budget Committee and brought to the floor for its bi-partisan passage today. ...
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Today, Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s claim that 7 million Americans have signed up for The Affordable Care Act: “Today, President Obama spoke on the grand achievement of Obamacare. Praising his plan and calling it a ‘big step forward,’ he claimed that 7 million Americans have enrolled since its launch; however, it appears there are some massive problems with this administration’s numbers. To put it in perspective, 7 million is a...
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