In a House Judiciary Hearing this week, U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) questioned a panel of distinguished experts on enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, sharing his experience as a former state district judge. “I know the testimony earlier that about 50 percent of those illegally here, after being released without being deported, commit crimes against other Americans,” Gohmert said to the panel in a five-minute address, referring to a statistic mentioned earlier in the heari...
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials report a criminal immigrant recidivism rate of 50 percent, according to Center for Immigration Studies expert Jessica Vaughan. “What I’m told by ICE officials — and I’ve been told on a number of occasions — is that they believe, from their internal data, is there is a recidivism rate of about 50 percent of criminal aliens who are released by ICE –,” Vaughan testified before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. She didn’t finish the sentence b...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s proposed 2016 budget: “Americans deserve far better than what the president proposed today in his ‘budget plan.’ President Obama’s proposed budget devastates the small monthly returns seniors receive from their retirement accounts since so many are invested in the very stocks the President wants to attack. The President pushes more tax increases that will kill jobs and continue to stymie the economy. Th...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement regarding the introduction of H.R. 594, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act: “It is critical that this bill is brought to the House floor for passage then sent to the Senate for passage then on to the President. This bill is critical to reigning in federal agencies who have engaged in a power grab to snatch Constitutional rights away from property owners, as well as local and state governments. The EPA is...
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Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is firing back against a liberal blogger, telling Breitbart Texas in an exclusive interview that the blogger’s headline was an “outright lie” and twisted his words about the abortion bill that recently failed in Congress to make it sound like he said the complete opposite of what he actually said. In a conference call on Tuesday with conservative pastors led by Bishop E.W. Jackson, Gohmert discussed the late term abortion bill that had recently died in the Hou...
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MARSHALL, TX (KLTV) - It's getting to be easier to dial 911 after one East Texas family lead the charge for a Federal Communications Commission investigation. The push for change in the way at phone systems at hotels and other businesses operate has resulted in nationwide changes, an official announced Friday during a press conference at the Marshall Police Department headquarters. The move comes after the death of an East Texas woman. Kari Rene Hunt was murdered in a Marshall hotel room Dec. 1,...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement today backing the 2015 March for Life Rally in Washington, D.C. and emphasizing his deep support in standing up for the lives of the unborn: “Sadly, today marks 40 years of legalized abortion in all fifty states that allowed taking the life of an unborn baby at any time. It is heart wrenching that approximately 57,762,169 abortions have taken place since the Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973. Every single life is precious and the thought of...
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South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention in Myrtle Beach welcomed one 0f the rocks of modern day conservatism, Texas congressman Louie Gohmert. He took time on Sunday to talk with Breitbart News senior political writer Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot radio channel 125. Gohmert along with Republican congressman Ted Yoho and Daniel Webster, both congressman from Florida, last week gave it their best to unseat Speaker of the House John Boehner, which they failed to ...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement tonight regarding President Obama’s address to the nation: “Tonight we heard nothing new. This is the first administration that has presided over 95% of the nation’s income going to the 1% most wealthy. It is as if there is a wink and nod to Wall Street, the biggest banks, and the most wealthy that the President will call them names, demonize them publicly, and say he is going after them, but his policies will make them richer than they...
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Rep. Louie Gohmert is perhaps the most politically fearless member of Congress. The conservative Texas Republican is legendary for bucking his party leaders, including a high-profile challenge this month of House Speaker John Boehner for his position. And he's a favorite target of liberals and late-night talk show hosts, who routinely mock the Tea Party favorite for what they consider his extreme — or even conspiratorial — views. Yet for Gohmert, 61, a lawyer and former judge from East Texas fir...
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