House Proceeding 04-02-09 on Apr 2nd, 2009 :: 3:12:49 to 3:17:36
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Speech By: Louie Gohmert

3:12:49 to 3:13:11( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: my friend, mr. culberson, by chairman barney frank, i never seen people so attached to something they hate. this i prime is a psychology disorder which i'm not equipped to diagnose. he is accusing mr. culberson of having a psychological disorder.

3:12:49 to 3:17:36( Edit History Discussion )

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Louie Gohmert: so it seemed in other words, i think he doth protest too much. he went on and he continued, speaking, and this is a quote from chairman frank, speaking about being undone, my republican colleagues are being undone by the loss of their whipping boy. so i'm wondering, this is a

3:13:34 to 3:13:54( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: gentleman that is getting very sensitive and lashing out in what seemed to be inappropriate, perhaps not skirting over the rule, but other comments that certainly seemed inappropriate and unnecessary. chairman barney frank said the bill under consideration is 5

3:13:55 to 3:14:16( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: 1/2 pages. i believe even the gentleman from texas could have read it by now and if the gentleman from texas did not read it, i will talk long. even if you talk slow, you'll get done. and he went on, he said my colleagues on the other side are kind of like kids, who have a

3:14:17 to 3:14:39( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: toy bear or a blanket and this security blanket means a lot to them. their security blanket is being able to complain about something that happened before the break. this bill undoes what happened before the break and makes it a nullity. they have to outgrow the security blanket.

3:14:40 to 3:15:00( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: so he's calling pele on this side of the aisle little children and the debate going on was concern on our side that first of all, we had been first of all, we had been promised by our new president, our speaker, we even passed a bill that said we have to have 48 hours to review any bill that they bring in here on the floor.

3:15:01 to 3:15:23( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: and yet they came in and immediately filed a bill and went up on the internet around 11:00 or 12:00 and next morn we are having debate on it and vote on it that day. there was no 24 hours and we were told we had to do it. it was a cris and people losing their jobs every minute

3:15:24 to 3:15:44( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: if we didn't vote on it and pass it. . they wouldn't allow any member of this body toy to read the bill. nobody had a chance to read it. and th to come in and accuse people on this side of the aisle who were concerned about that of being kids, wanting a security

3:15:45 to 3:16:07( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: blanket, i'll tell you, it is a security blanket to me that we could be able to read bills before we cram them down the throats of americans. so i'm hearing this on c-span, another comment by chairman frank, the gentleman from texas has now had a chance to read the bill and has a question for me about this bill.

3:16:08 to 3:16:28( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: he goes on and says, he can have all the special orders he wants in order to beat that dead horse because it is a dead horse. this bill that he does not want to debate the merits of, that he is probably prepared to vote against, he didn't want to vote on -- or debate the merits of it? that was uncalled for,

3:16:29 to 3:16:51( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: inappropriate. we were entirely prepared to try to debate the merits. but here again it had to do with seeing a bill rushed through here without a chance for anybody to read it and then rushing in last week and sing, here, let's quickly vote on a

3:16:52 to 3:17:13( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: 90% tax after the fact, build a retaineder in all likelihood, taking issues of equal protection, all kinds of questions about it. rush that in as a fix and then here come rushing right back in and say, well, we got anoer fix, this will even be better and wonder why people would want to question.

3:17:14 to 3:17:35( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: well, you know, is this 5 1/2-page bill any better than the one you rushed through last week? and there were concerns. but chairman frank also went on and said, apparently there are two alternative strategies that the minority has in discussing this bill. one, discuss a bill that was passed six weeks ago, two, ignore the rules of the house and just talk whenever they feel

3:17:36 to 3:17:56( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: like it. neither one seems to me to advance debate. so i'm hearing these things coming from chairman frank and i'm -- there's something amiss here. he went on to also say, he did say this is a revolt against king george in effect and it is. king george bush. that is really unnecessary,