mr. gohmert, i mean, these gentlemen and i have just had a conversation, mr. speaker, in which they have made an absolute commitment that this congress will not make the mistake that was made over the past year. following this short-term extension, we will have a thorough oversight process in which the committees of jurisdiction take a very close look at how we pursue the terrorists who threan our homeland. now, everyone acknowledges that this is not only controversial, not only filled with questions and not only filled with challenges, but it is very, very complicated. the individuals and networks who seek to do harm to americans change and adapt every single day and mr. lungren and i were just vag conversation in which we were looking at the situation as it existed a decade agoing, right after september 11, and the threat is much different today than it was 10 years ago. and that's why we need to recognize that they are constantly changing and adapting their tactics to try and undo the united states of america and the free world. staying one step aad require

mr. gohmert, i mean, these gentlemen and i have just had a conversation, mr. speaker, in which they have made an absolute commitment that this congress will not make the mistake that was made over the past year. following this short-term extension, we will have a thorough oversight process in which the committees of jurisdiction take a very close look at how we pursue the terrorists who threaten our homeland. now, everyone acknowledges that this is not only controversial, not only filled with questions and not only filled with challenges, but it is very, very complicated. the individuals and networks who seek to do harm to americans change and adapt every single day and mr. lungren and i were just vag conversation in which we were looking at the situation as it existed a decade agoing, right after september 11, and the threat is much different today than it was 10 years ago. and that's why we need to recognize that they are constantly changing and adapting their tactics to try and undo the united states of america and the free world. staying one step ahead req

mr. gohmert: no, i won't. i didn't ask to be yielded when i was being upset about the explanation inappropriately in the bill of attainder, but i know the gentleman is one of the smartest people i know. but this is not a bill of attainder. the f-35 we voted on a second engine. there has been money appropriated supposedly before. we talked about past things and they can come in and say it's a bill of attainder to take it away. it is not. it is not their money. this body has an obligation to invest, to look carefully about where we should most appropriately spend the taxpayers money we've taken away or the money 42 cents out of the dollar we're borrowing from china or whoever will give us the money. but it was never the intention of the founders that we could not be responsible as a body and say this shouldn't go to this place, it would be better served going to someone else. that is our job. and we have an obligation. and one other thing, to those who say, and i know well-meaning because i know these people who

mr. gohmert: having spent the last four years dealing with the most closed congress, the last congress in fact with more closed rules than any congress in american history, and then to be lectured about what is a travesty is a travesty. that's the real travesty. that many closed rules and you come down here and want to tell us what is awful? try standing here for the last four years and dealing with closed rules, closed rule, closed rule, no amendments, we're not going to let you represent your people because we're going to cram everything down. that's a travesty. i will not yield. i listened to you. let's get on with the democratic process because that's what it is when you get to hear from both sides. we heard from one side. we heard travesty several times and now we'll get back with the democratic process. and with that i withdraw my reservation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman withdraws. without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. rogers: i ask unanimous consent to proceed out of turn to discuss the schedule for the evening. the sp

mr. louie gohmert. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. we heard the minority leader pelosi saying earlier that we were here as republicans siding with the insurance companies. revisionist history is great but if you go back and look at who was supporting the obamacare efforts, you had the insurance companies lined up all out there supportive. you had the big pharmaceutical companies all out there supportive. you saw the american hospital association out there supportive. you saw the a.m.a. out there supportive. you saw aarp, they were seen out there encouraging all the obamacare stuff. naturally they are going -- they stand to gain with united health more than anybody, they are the biggest sellers of medigap insurance. if you really want to look at history, who was it that was not supportive? folks, we heard from them in november. it was the american people. that's why we are here. we are with small business, they'll create the jobs. we are with the american people. that's why we are doing this. i yield bac

mr. louie gohmert. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. we heard the minority leader pelosi saying earlier that we were here as republicans siding with the insurance companies. revisionist history is great but if you go back and look at who was supporting the obamacare efforts, you had the insurance companies lined up all out there supportive. you had the big pharmaceutical companies all out there supportive. you saw the american hospital association out there supportive. you saw the a.m.a. out there supportive. you saw aarp, they were seen out there encouraging all the obamacare stuff. naturally they are going -- they stand to gain with united health more than anybody, they are the biggest sellers of medigap insurance. if you really want to look at history, who was it that was not supportive? folks, we heard from them in november. it was the american people. that's why we are here. we are with small business, they'll create the jobs. we are with the american people. that's why we are doing this. i yield bac

mr. gohmert. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. gohmert: we hear about a cozy relationship and that's interesting because when you go back and look at the worst oil spill in american history from british petroleum and bp and why it took this administration to come down on them, we found it was one of the oil company that was willing to endorse the president's crap and trade bill and were ready to make a deal about it. and that's why you talk about cozy relationships, on oh, yeah, that's not enough, this administration helped to oversee these leases, the person who was responsible under the clinton administration for costing this country billions by taking out language that would gotten us the royalties we should have had. but one of the problems we should never lose sight of no matter how cozy the relationship was with the clinton administration and bp and this administration and bp and the 800 hazardous safety violations they overlooked was is that this country's history has been one of integrity. go back to the war of 1812, banks

mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. woolsey: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. woolsey: i stand strongly in support of congresswoman lowey and her amendment and title 10 and its protections for women and families. what a shame we're here tonight defending a woman's reproductive rights. defending a woman's right to make choices that work for her, that work for her family, that work for their future. instead, we should be debating how we can get our economy going, how to provide jobs. instead, we're defending a woman's right to control her body, her right to good health care, her right to prevent a pregnancy, and her right to end a pregnancy. this, my friends, is the 21st century. we are not in the middle ages. it is time to respect women and to respect their choices. and it is pastime to begin creating jobs here in the united states of america. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yield

mr. louie gohmert. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. we heard the minority leader pelosi saying earlier that we were here as republicans siding with the insurance companies. revisionist history is great but if you go back and look at who was supporting the obamacare efforts, you had the insurance companies lined up all out there supportive. you had the big pharmaceutical companies all out there supportive. you saw the american hospital association out there supportive. you saw the a.m.a. out there supportive. you saw aarp, they were seen out there encouraging all the obamacare stuff. naturally they are going -- they stand to gain with united health more than anybody, they are the biggest sellers of medigap insurance. if you really want to look at history, who was it that was not supportive? folks, we heard from them in november. it was the american people. that's why we are here. we are with small business, they'll create the jobs. we are with the american people. that's why we are doing this. i yield bac

mr. gohmert: thank you, my friend from california. at fort beening, georgia, 1978-1980 we saw the military being cut, demoralizeded. our u.s. embassy in iran was attacked and hostages taken and begged iran to long them ago. interest rates were rising from 12% up to 20% as my wife and i purchased our first home. inflation and unemployment were both in double digits. the carter administration decided to deal with overrelines on foreign oil by asking people to wear sweaters at home and leave the heat turned down lower . so, then as now, the price of gasoline skyrocketed. we in the u.s. army could not publicly express our dismay over our dismal leadership, because it is a military crime to be disrespectful of the commander in chief. in 1980, a new day dawned with the election of ronald reagan. our hostages were released when president reagan took office and we had a new-found respect from other countries. tax-cutting policies took over and unemployment and interest rates all came down. our military began to be respected again and feared a