Health Care

The national health care debate came to Longview on Monday as U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert toured Highland Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Read more »

Dear Friend, The Administration and liberal leadership in Congress are ramming through nation-ending, liberty-usurping, and economically-bankrupting policies that violate the fundamental values on which this country was built. Now, they are at it again with their plan for government takeover of healthcare, which is nothing less than a declaration of war on American families, seniors, businesses, a... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tea Party Protests are being held all over the nation today by citizens urging their elected officials to support the Pledge. Rep. Gohmert encouraged the "Tea Party Patriots" to continue fighting, writing, and calling until Washington gets the message that Americans are fed up with the "nation-ending, liberty-usurping, and economically-bankrupting policies" being pushed by the Obama administration and liberal leaders in Congress. Read more »

At the end of business Monday, 73 lawmakers had pledged to read any health care bill in its entirety before signing it. Read more »

An online group called "Let Freedom Ring" is asking lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to sign a pledge that promises to oppose any health care bill that Congress hasn't had time to read Read more »

Vows To Oppose Any Health Care Bill Not Publicly Available For 72 Hours, Bill That He Has Not Read Read more »

Congress announced it's unlikely it will meet President Obama's August deadline for a sweeping healthcare overhaul. Read more »

House Democrats on Friday finally unveiled their long-awaited 852-page health care “reform” legislation (pdf) that engineers a government takeover of medicine Read more »

It's taken a little time, but we're now beginning to gauge the effectiveness of both the 2008 tax rebate stimulus and the larger economic stimulus package passed in 2009. And they're disappointing. Read more »

Tyler Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Friday unveiled what he calls his innovative "Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection" plan. Read more »