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-span louie gohmert is talking so i don't know when the camera's not on he's also you know. i don't know i heard the gavel bang down and then that's it it's over because because hoyer wants to stay in an empty room and talk to nobody i guess that's his prerogative disappears yeah it is you're ok my theory is that the tea party congressmen take off their human suits and frolic as lizard people. it's new to me ok you deal say i'm chris thank you all a merry christmas to marry because of you two years showing. coming up coming up in today's daily take a lesson the wall street used to work for. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is human view with a global mission a receipt where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. so doesn't just seem to you like the one percent just don't give a damn about anybody else but they lack basic empathy and compassion this week for example bank of america got hit wi

in the spirit of clarity, i am a supporter of the louie gohmert solution. the only 60-dissolution that he ever supported was a 60-day payroll tax holiday of all payroll taxes. not just 2%, but the entire 7.65% on employees and -- absolutely. 7.65% for employees, 7.65% for employers, and every nickel of income tax as well. the case that is being made is not that there is no such thing as a good 60-day solution, the case that is being made is that we have been talking all year about getting the american people some certainty in their economic situations. and we have the opportunity to do that. i don't know the senate as you have described this and that, mr. hastings, and i will tell you straight from the heart, i have only the expectation that they will be back in town this week and next week appointing conferees and working with us to provide a long-term solution. there is no other thought in my mind that article 2, section 3 gives the authority for the president to call the senate back and if this is important as you will have made the case, by golly, you a

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i see my good friend and colleague from texas, former judge louie gohmert, has joined me here. congressman gohmert, i'll yield you such time as you may require. mr. gohmert: i thank my friend and i appreciate his taking time to discuss this matter of national security. i have the quote directly here from army chief of staff general george w. kasey jr.. chief of staff at the time of the fort hood attack. he came out and had this prepared quote to give. mr. carter: he was chief of staff of the army. mr. gohmert: chief of staff of the army. mr. carter: correct. goal go -- mr. gohmert: and this was a quote that obviously he and those helping him have prepared to give in response to 14 people being killed, we know one was an unborn child, one of the people was a pregnant woman, female soldier. but here's the quote that they had prepared after 13 of his soldiers lay either dying or dead at fort hood. quote, i'm concerned that this increased speculation could cause a backlash against some of our muslim soldiers. our diversity, not only in our army, but in our country, is a strength an