mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. chairman. right now as i speak there are thousands of unaccompanied minors, many of them 15, 16, 17 years of age, but nonetheless classified as minors under 18 and our border patrol is being overwhelmed. our i.c.e. agents, who are supposed to deport people improperly here, are being overwhelmed. as one i.c.e. agent said yesterday, chris crane, that is the union president for the i.c.e. agents, he said basically, we are having to change diapers and so there's no criminal interdiction going on. we're not able to do our jobs because of the thousands of children that are coming. saw a report today from c.b.p., the border patrol -- customs and border protection, and they were saying the interviews they're doing yield results from the children saying they're coming to america now because of a new law that the department has that allows children to come in and stay here if they just get here quick enough. it has caused a national emergency. so what $41,492,000 does is provide for 1,000 national guard

mr. gohmert: i thank the gentleman. mr. smith: i thank my good friend from texas for yielding. mr. gohmert: i want to finish comments of on our president, particularly in context of what's going on in the world. story says that a white house event on wednesday where the president took questions from tumblr users, president obama addressed what he'd be doing in he future, but in his comments he made these comments that i just feel reich we have to address -- i just feel like we have to address in light of what my friend, mr. smith, and i have been talking about. the president said, i mean, the truth of the matter is for all the challenges we face and all the problems that we have, if you had to be -- if you had to choose any moment to be born in human history, not knowing what your position was going to be, who you were going to be, you'd choose this time. the world is less violent than it has ever been. it is healthier than it has ever been. it's more tolerant than it has ever been. it is better fed than it has ever been. it is more educated than it's ever been. and with regard, tho

mr. gohmert of texas. amendment number 4 by in blumenauer of oregon. amendment by mr. nadler of new york. an amendment by mrs. walorski of indiana. the chair will reduce to two minutes for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: an amendment offered by mr. gohmert of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representa

mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. we have been going through appropriation bills today, transportation, housing and urban development. we have had an open rule process where anybody that wanted to bring any amendments could do so. i was a little surprised that my amendment did not pass at 160 votes today. this is a very simple amendment. we took the last official number e could find from an executive branch, from january of 2009 before president obama was sworn there t indicated that as less than 1% of those getting section 8 public housing given to them. and so we took the amount of money clear back from 2009, even though there are indications that it is many times that now, we just took that conservative amount. trying to be conservative and trying to be more than fair, which it was and say ok, we have to send a message to the housing and urban development folks, you just can't keep giving housing away. the mainstream media doesn't talk about it when there is a democratic president bu

mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the ajority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to express my appreciation to the appropriations committee for the appropriations process. i think we're all better when we have open amendments. and have a chance to have everybody have input. it's a nasty process but it is a good way to do it. because input is important. because when you don't listen o proper input, you can end up the a judgment as did pell tear case where a juvenile court judge in massachusetts her way custody from a victory finally judge ay as the court, joseph johnsonton, wrote in his ruling, that effective wednesday, june 18, 2014, care and protection petition is dismissed in custody of justina is returned to her parents, lou and linda. but the first statement there is, quote, i find that the parties have shown credible evidence that circumstances have changed since the adjudication on december 20, 2013, that justina is a child this need of care and protection -- is a child in need of care and protection. and clearly the on

mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. a great deal has been going on in the last 24 hours. help of surprises which make life interesting. . speaker, i want to call to attention again the human tragedy that has arisen in africa, in nine specifically, as i was there at -- nige specifically, as i was -- nige specifically, as i was -- nigeria specifically, as i was there last week for a couple of days and meeting with some of the mothers of girls who were kidnapped. and there was an excellent story in "the blaze" done by sara carter today where she , two precious and hope to girls' names, ran for their lives through the thick brush of the nigerian forest. they could feel their hearts pounding, their bare feet scraped from the rocks and their legs throbbing from the thorns that penetrated their skin as they crawled low through the tangle to avoid detection. they were running from the armed islamist fighters who had seized them and approximately 300 other girls, school girls, from what they had b

mr. gohmert uses his religious believes not only to oppose marriage equality and disapproval of abortion said in another hearing that comcast should be carrying more channels like the glenn beck network and not coverage al jazeera because they're trying to sneak shari'a law into the united states. this is exactly why we need to keep the church and the state separate. this is why we shouldn't be having the time and tax dollars of america spent on having these religious debate. i could have quoted scripture back to him and i said after the hearing i would be happy to talk theology maybe over lunch, not during a congressional hearing. >> no doubt. maybe it's a separation of church and fate. is he playing to the base? >> yes. he's telling them exactly what they want to hear. he wasn't saying anything whatsoever. let's not forget what he says. he bears false witness so much that every time he opens his mouth, they have to call their wives and say, honey, i'm not making it home for dinner tonight. louie gohmert is talking. this crap they're selling us, that's exactly what they're selling us an

mr. gohmert: i yield become. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? mr. latham: i thank the chairman and i reluctantly rise in opposition to the amendment and i -- the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. latham: i appreciate very much the gentleman raising the issue and i think we should remember, this is an appropriations bill, it's a funding bill, it's not an authorizing bill. this is an issue that should be dealt with by the committee of jurisdiction that needs to make a lot of changes at h.u.d. and there's no question about it. but this being a funding bill and mr. chairman, we've already made tough, responsible choices in the bill, we've already cut the public housing capital fund by $100 million below last year. so while he wants to cut a little bit more, i understand that. but the fact of the matter is, we are down $00 million from last year. the public -- $100 million from last year. the public housing fund is held at last year's level, $4.4 billion. i think to

mr. gohmert for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you director for being here.ciate you taking on the job you have taken on which includes the unpleasant task of having to come and talk to us but thank you for being here. you mentioned in your opening statement about syria being in breeding ground for. terrorism. i had met with some libyans who had originally been rebels and the so-called arab spring and they were telling me that there are terrorists camps springing up all over eastern libya and that's the area they came through to meet with me in egypt. are you aware of any terrorist training cramps springing up in libya these days? >> it's not something i know a lot about and it's probably not something i want to talk about in open session even the little i do know. >> since you mentioned syria i wanted to see if you knew anything about libya because these were people that they said were radicals so much in charge of the rebel efforts that they were quite active but anyway we know that on the border particularly texas with mexico there is this massive influx o

mr. gohmert for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. charirman, thank you, director, for being here. we appreciate you taking the job you've taking on which includes such unpleasant tasks of having to come talk to us, but thank you for being here. you mentioned in your opening statement about syria being a breeding ground for terrorism. i met with some libyans who had originally been rebels in the so-called asian, or arab spring, rather. and they were telling me that there are terrorist camps springing up all over eastern libya. that that's an area that came through to meet with me in egypt. are you aware of terrorist training camps springing up in libya these days? >> it's not something i know a lot about. it's probably not something i want to talk about in open session, even the little i do know. >> well, since you mentioned syria, i wanted to see if you knew anything about libya because these are people that were -- they said before the radicals took so much in charge of their rebel efforts that they were quite active, but anyway, we know that on the border, particularly texas wit

mr. gohmert: i move that we do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for morning hour debate. whip team. he got in late. he took the weekend to get into his campaign. he has tapped into a conservative insurgency. ,he feeling among members particularly the younger members , who feel like they're -- their voices have not been heard. that is what he prominent -- promised to represent. he promised to try to make members important. late.ms too little, too >> have outside groups weighed in on the selection? -- this election? >> they don't play much of a factor. this is internal. a secret out election. the votes will not be publicized. members'shisper in years. i have not heard they are playing too much of an influence. says the whipe race is still a top us best tossup. -- the headline says the whip race is still a tossup. tell us a bit about tho

mr. gohmert, had been postponed and the bill had been read through page 10, line 15. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. ellison of minnesota. page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the following, reduce by $10 million, increased by $10 million. . the chair: the gentleman from minnesota and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. ellison: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the purpose of this amendment is very simple. it's simply to help american workers as defense related factories wind down production. it is to allocate an additional $10 million to the office of economic adjustment from the general operations and maintenance fund. the office of economic adjustment helps communities across america when a factory shuts down. over the last decade of war, middle-class factory workers have stepped up to the plate to make sure our troops on the battlefield have the weapons and equipment they needed a

mr. gohmert. >> thank you. and i appreciate your being here. i'm sorry i was late. this is a project that's near and dear to my heart and when ed meese caused and asked if i would participate in something that dealt with the problem that i saw as a massive problem, overcriminalization, something that as a former prosecutor, judge, chief justice has driven me crazy, because i had seen, when people want to beat their chest and show how tough they are, well, let's slap a criminal penalty on something. and so as you know, we talked about there may be 5,000 or so crimes. they're not in 18 u.s. code where they ought to be as a criminal code. and i had wondered why in the world have we not been able to clean this mess up before. and what i'd heard is that it seems like every time a project gets fired up to try to clean up the criminal code, that it ends up being a big santa claus christmas bag and people start trying to throw more and more in it and then overall, you lose too many votes and people go, i can't agree to that. wait a minute. i love the idea. i was on board bu

mr. gohmert, for 30 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i would just like a robo t attention to call that was made on behalf of one of our republican colleagues down the hall. i really hope that he had othing to do with it because it was dishonest, reprehensible, played the race card and attempted to divide eople and in fact, apparently, was conspiring to try to get people who were going to vote for the democrat in november to vote for the republican -- in the republican primary runoff which under their state's law is not lawful, not legal. so i certainly hope senator cochran had nothing to do with it, but it sounds like it helped him win his election, and this is exactly the kind of thing that people in the house, senate should not be involved in, trying to mislead individual voters, trying to trick them into voting for themselves because one thing is absolutely clear. if it requires trickery, deception, dishonesty, manipulation, unfair manipulation of people in another party to violate the law and vote for a particular candidate

mr. gohmert for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you director for being here.te you taking on the job you have taken on which includes the unpleasant task of having to come and talk to us but thank you for being here. you mentioned in your opening statement about syria being in breeding ground for. terrorism. i had met with some libyans who had originally been rebels and the so-called arab spring and they were telling me that there are terrorists camps springing up all over eastern libya and that's the area they came through to meet with me in egypt. are you aware of any terrorist training cramps springing up in libya these days? >> it's not something i know a lot about and it's probably not something i want to talk about in open session even the little i do know. >> since you mentioned syria i wanted to see if you knew anything about libya because these were people that they said were radicals so much in charge of the rebel efforts that they were quite active but anyway we know that on the border particularly texas with mexico there is this massive influx of p

i hope that they would add a provision to this act, lewis gohmert and mr.e,. >> one of the i.t. trade associations said they don't believe the story, a nonpartisan group. the president said the notion that these e-mails magically vanished makes no sense. this is not how i.t. asset management at major businesses and government institutions work in any country especially this country. that is the whole thing. this is what darrell issa was getting at. how do we know he's telling the truth? how do we know these hard drives were destroyed? >> initially the president was shocked and appalled that something like this would happen. now they are just plain out scandals. everything but iraq. he said yesterday in minnesota, phony scandals. take a listen. >> these are just washington fights. they're fabricated issues. they are phony scandals that are generated. >> really? >> he was there in a town hall in minnesota. he's apparently this summer going to do a road show to show people that he has not lost touch with them. what's curious, though, is he talks about the phon