Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told Breitbart News Daily Thursday that there was “a lot of excitement” in the new 115th Congress. “I haven’t seen or felt this kind of excitement since my first term in 2005, when we had the presidency as Republicans did – the White House, the House of Representatives, and the Senate,” he told SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam. “There was so much optimism, and we were so excited. We were going to totally reform Social Security so it would be there for generations to come. No...
Read more
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, said Wednesday morning that Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer oppose President-elect Trump's endless tweeting because they'd rather have people read the left-leaning press. Schumer used his opening-day speech in the Senate Tuesday to say a "Twitter presidency" is a bad idea. "Making America great again requires more than 140 characters per issue," Schumer said. "With all due respect, America cannot afford a Twitter presidency." "Of course he wants T...
Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants President-elect Donald Trump to quit using Twitter because he wants the public to "hear nothing but The New York Times," Rep. Louie Gohmert said Wednesday morning. "Trump is not going to let that happen," the Texas Republican told Fox News' "Fox and Friends" program. "He's going to get the final word and straighten them out when they lie about it." During his opening remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Schumer, a New York Democrat, addressed Trump and ...
Read more
House Speaker Paul Ryan will freeze amnesty bills, sideline open-border trade deals and revive the Hastert Rule, said Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, who supported the Jan. 3 reelection of Ryan to the Speaker’s chair. “House Speaker Paul Ryan and I had two substantive private discussions on the legislative agenda for the 115th Congress and came to an understanding,” Gohmert told Breitbart News. One Ryan promise that won his vote, said Gohmert, was Ryan’s support for the Hastert Rule, which forbids the...
Read more
It was a moment Tommy Baxter had waited a long time to experience. The ceremony was brief and quiet but at last the Air Medal was pinned over his heart. The day was special for Baxter. A 1964 graduate of Rider High School, he was the first Rider basketball player to get a college scholarship. After two years at Midwestern State University, he joined the Navy in 1967. "It was an unconventional assignment. Everybody thinks it's all ships," said Baxter taking a break from a camping trip. "When I in...
Read more
Puett Willcox followed procedure after being captured by the Germans during World War II: He gave his name, rank and serial number. When his captors asked whether he had a mother and a father, Willcox paused and wondered how to answer. Then he told them jokingly, "No Mutter, no Vater, no per diem." The "per diem" bit stymied the Germans, Willcox remembers, but his captors then gave him a beer. "I guess they felt sorry for me because I had no mother, no father," he said. Willcox, 92, of Longview ...
Read more
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert visited constituents in Harrison County, touring the American TieTek LLC's manufacturing facility on Wednesday. American TieTek produces recycled and recyclable composite products including cross ties, the rectangular support for rails in railroad tracks, and railroad highway crossings. "I'm impressed. I see a lot of potential here," Gohmert said, after touring the facility. "A strong and effective railroad is crucial for getting East Texas goods to market. To see firstha...
Read more
Last week, the country celebrated 40 years of the Hyde Amendment being in effect. This vital piece of legislation outlaws taxpayer dollars from being used to fund elective abortions through Medicaid. It not only protects the rights of the innocent unborn, but also advances the cause of human freedom, extends the inalienable rights enshrined in our Declaration of Independence to all human beings and preserves religious liberty. It was a great honor for me to have served with Henry Hyde in the las...
Read more
FBI Director James Comey is passionately defending the integrity of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email set-up, arguing that critics are unfair to suggest that agents were biased or succumbed to political pressure. "You can call us wrong, but don’t call us weasels. We are not weasels," Comey declared Thursday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. "We are honest people and....whether or not you agree with the result, this was done the way you want it to be done." The normally...
Read more
A congressional investigative subcommittee requested documents Monday detailing nearly two decades of intentional — and apparently unpunished — energy data manipulation at a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) lab. Analysts at an Energy Resources Program lab in Lakewood, Colo. manipulated raw data during two separate periods, first from 1996 to 2008, then from 2008 to 2014, The Daily Caller News Foundation previously reported. The lab was consequently closed on March 1, 2016, and affected clients were...
Read more
