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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"People came in here and prayed, they sang hymns, they worshiped God — it was part of our history.” Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, was talking about prayer services inside the U.S. Capitol. In the very hall where the House of Representatives first met in Washington, D.C. Most Americans probably would be stunned to learn that, in fact, the Capitol was actually turned into a church, once a week, for decades. A flagrant violation of the First Amendment’s establishment clause and the concept of the s...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement after oral arguments before Supreme Court regarding Obamacare’s denial of the right to practice the religious beliefs held by family business owners: “Today is truly a crucial day for religious liberty and whether those rights will remain viable under our Constitution. It is for this reason that I felt compelled to listen to the oral arguments at the Supreme Court building. Clearly, every American should be free to live and work in acco...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Tuesday that he was "staggered" to hear a Supreme Court Justice imply today that companies disagreeing with the ObamaCare mandate to provide contraception to their workers should simply not provide it, and then pay the penalty. Speaking on the House floor, Gohmert said that line of questioning implies that companies and people can only enjoy their freedoms after paying a tax or fine to the government. "What is being implied by the question is, if you want to avo...
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WASHINGTON — Spring has brought new reason to hope for the release of Christian Pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen shackled and imprisoned in Iran. The Persian New Year “Nowruz,” which began on the first day of spring, is a 13-day celebration of the rebirth of nature, but it’s also when Iranian prisoners are historically granted amnesty. The Iran Daily Brief reported 12 prisoners were released March 20. Although there is no sign yet of clemency for Abedini, politicians and religious leaders r...
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President Obama's background as a community organizer is hurting him and the country, and has let Russian President Vladimir Putin gain the upper hand in the conflict involving Ukraine, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Wednesday. "What you're seeing… is what you get when a community organizer takes on a KGB agent," Gohmert said on Fox & Friends. "It doesn't go well." Putin was an officer in the KGB — Russia's spy and security agency — for 16 years, and left as a lieutenant colonel. Gohmert warn...
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In its landmark ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius, the Supreme Court got one issue right, muffed the other. Of all the problems with the Affordable Care Act, two fundamental flaws in President Obama’s self-described “legacy” are that the legislation unconstitutionally originated in the Senate, and that it violates the Tenth Amendment — the final provision of the Bill of Rights. Hereafter, the “Affordable Care Act” will be called “Obamacare,” not for derogatory reasons but because the official name of t...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement regarding his decision to vote against a bill to provide loan guarantees to the Ukraine: “Having been a college summer exchange student to Ukraine, my sympathy for the Ukrainians may not be exceeded by anyone in Congress. Ukrainians are under assault by ruthless Russian leaders who still romanticize the mass suffering and killings under the former Soviet Union’s heavy boot. However, I have serious reservations over a rushed bill to assu...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) received the “True Blue Award” from Family Research Council Action and CitizenLink for his unwavering commitment and consistent support in defense of the family and pro-life principles. “It is a true honor to accept this award on behalf of the majority of the First District of Texas who share and hold in esteem these important values. The bond of the family is one of the most critical attributes of this nation’s greatness. It is imperative to defend moral principles th...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced its proposed military cuts that would slash the U.S. Army to its pre-World War II size: “We constantly hear of massive amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal government. All areas of federal spending should be scrutinized, and unnecessary spending should be eliminated before we do any more damage to our ability to carry out the federal government’s primary purpose to ‘provide for t...
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