mr. gohmert is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gomeerlt -- mr. gohmert: as you know, mr. speaker, we have had some interesting discussions here on the floor in recent days about trance gender as a topic and as individuals of interest -- about transgender as a topic and as individuals of interest. and having talked a couple of man who has at one been through -- had been through a sex change operation told me was the best ex-p pert in the world on transgender, former head of psychiatry at johns hopkins, now retired, a diplomat with them, but he speaks for himself. but anyway, there was an article ublished back in 2014 that dr. has mchugh had updated and been republished in the "wall street journal" on may 13, 2016. and it's entitled "transgender surgery isn't the solution: a drastic physical change doesn't address underlying psychosocial troubles." and since there are so many people who have opined on this subject who have not dealt riously with the issue, it seemed like it would be helpful to read from this article that was written by what one tran

mr. gohmert, for 30 minute. -- texas, mr. gohmert, for 30 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to first thank my friend , very grateful to my friend from california, congresswoman speier, for having the idea and doing this. powerful. as a former judge who hurd cases like this -- heard cases like this, it's a powerful reminder of the evil, or as the poet said, the inhumanity of man-to-man. it is such an outrage. this was a special evening to bring attention to a grave injustice. i'm very grateful that congresswoman speier did just hat she did. it also brings to mind the fact that there is grave injustice. nobody should get six months in prison for what was done in that case. in texas, the minimum would be five years. but i saw judge poe, former district judge also, reading part of the statement of the victim in the case. i just cannot imagine judge poe or i giving a sentence anywhere close to five years. we would have been heading for the top, if not the top. just so outrageous. in considering an appropriate , we were judge taught and the rule was, you considered punishme

mr. gohmert d there's actually some of those republicans who were sort of in the periphery of the house chamber during the protest are unveiling some legislation this morning with some democrats. there's actually supposed to be bipartisan announcement on the house side to mirror something very close to what senator collins has been proposing this week. while mr. gohmert made a profoundly passionate point about what in his view and view of many conservative republicans was the real meaning of what happened at that orlando nightclub, which has become a rorschach test was radical ay rights, islam? gun control? hate crimes at home? domestic terrorism? isis? it's become the rorschach test of the year. host: thanks for hanging with us longer. one more call. danny in ohio. hi. caller: good morning. i have a couple comments. if i'm following the news right, the government let him buy the weapon. for not doing their job right. if someone's on a list like that, i mean maybe three days isn't long enough to wait. maybe 10 days would be better so they could do their job better. it wasn't a gun haven't act,

mr. gohmert: thank you to everyone involved in the trial for their time and attention. thank you to girls across the nation that wrote cards to my d.a. to give to me. so many strangers who cared for me. most importantly, thank you to the two men who saved me. who i have yet to meet. i sleep with two bicycles that i drew taped above my head -- bf my bed to remind -- above my bed to remind myself that there are heros in this story, that we are looking out for one another. to have known all these people, to have felt their protection and love is something i will ever forget. ms. speier: and finally, to girls everywhere, i am with you. on nights when you feel alone, i am with you. when people doubt you, or dismiss you, i am with you. i fought every day for you, so never stop fighting. i believe you. as the author anne lamott once wrote, lighthouses don't go running all over the island looking for boats to save they just stand there shining. although i can't save every boat, i hope that by speaking today, you absorb a small amount of light, a small knowing that you can't be

mr. gohmert d there's actually some of those republicans who were sort of in the periphery of the house chamberuring the protest are unveiling some legislation this morning with some democrats. there's actually supposed to be bipartisan announcement on the house side to mirror something very close to what senator collins has been proposing this week. while mr. gohmert made a profoundly passionate point about what in his view and view of many conservative republicans was the real meaning of what happened at that orlando nightclub, which has become a rorschach test was radical ay rights, islam? gun control? hate crimes at home? domestic terrorism? isis? it's become the rorschach test of the year. host: thanks for hanging with us longer. one more call. danny in ohio. hi. caller: good morning. i have a couple comments. if i'm following the news right, the government let him buy the weapon. for not doing their job right. if someone's on a list like that, i mean maybe three days isn't long enough to wait. maybe 10 days would be better so they could do their job better. it wasn't a gun haven't act, it

mr. gohmert is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: i would like to recognize my good friend and great member of congress from missouri, congresswoman wagner for such time as she may consume. mrs. wagner: i thank my friend and colleague for yielding, and mr. speaker, for the past 7 1/2 years, this president has ignored article 1 of the constitution and the will of the american people. the balance of power detailed in he constitution is very clear. congress writes laws. the president executes those laws. but through controversial executive orders and questionable regulations and selective enforcement of laws, the president has time and again bypassed our government's critical system of checks and balances to drive his own personal agenda of big government and big regulation. congress must reset this balance, reclaim its legislative power and re-establish the integrity of article 1 of the constitution. the most blatant attack on our constitution is his executive order to suspend immigration laws for nearly four million people who

mr. gohmert: thank you to everyone involved in the trial for their time and attention.hank you to girls across the nation that wrote cards to my d.a. to give to me. so many strangers who cared for me. most importantly, thank you to the two men who saved me. who i have yet to meet. i sleep with two bicycles that i drew taped above my head -- bf my bed to remind -- above my bed to remind myself that there are heros in this story, that we are looking out for one another. to have known all these people, to have felt their protection and love is something i will ever forget. ms. speier: and finally, to girls everywhere, i am with you. on nights when you feel alone, i am with you. when people doubt you, or dismiss you, i am with you. i fought every day for you, so never stop fighting. i believe you. as the author anne lamott once wrote, lighthouses don't go running all over the island looking for boats to save they just stand there shining. although i can't save every boat, i hope that by speaking today, you absorb a small amount of light, a small knowing that you can't be si

mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. an issue we've been talking about on the republican side for quite a bit, and i think some of my democratic friends realized how serious an issue this is. because they care about our military members. the president of the united before he was ever elected that he was going guantanamo bay facility that housed the worst of the worst terrorists, wanting to kill americans and destroy our way of life. well, he found out right after he took office, you just can't do that because it is going to put american lives at risk. there's a reason they're being held there. and it violates no rules of law when it comes to war. because war is a little different. but since civilized society came along in the history of mankind, things improved for prisoners of war. because before there was civilized society, when one group warred against another, they would either kill them, make them slaves, it was pretty gruesome what occurred. but in civilized history, when one group s

mr. gohmert: i move that we do now hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m. to gavel is expected in tomorrow, and we will have live coverage on c-span. we spoke earlier to a capitol hill reporter. as the house continues to debate the spending bill, we are joined by john donnelly, a senior defense reporter. this is a bill that comes up under new rules, limiting amendments on appropriations bills. why was this change made by house republican leadership, and how might it affect the passage of appropriations bills, particularly this defense bill? mr. donnelly: i am not sure if it will get in the way of passing the ill, but it has definitely changed the way the house has done it business over the last couple of decades, for the most part, and that is to have a strong and open process for debating the appropriations of bills. actually, i will go back to the house's defense authorization bill, and amendment which would have effectively permitted contra

mr. john brennan. within about five days of that, we saw joint staff directive come out, saw congressman gohmert give you last week on the air, that joint staff directive came out tasking the services to scrub their training material and specifically, and the key thing in this, sean, it was targeting intelligence. >> so you're saying from the department of homeland security, the department of defense, you were given a mass scrubbing of any intelligence we had gathered and spent probably billions of dollars accumulating, that would have helped prevent, say it. >> it was top down. it started with the subject matter experts. we call them smes. they went after the ones, two or three in each one of the major branches of the federal government involved with law enforcement. they went after people like us first. once we were out of the way, then they had a very wide latitude to work. >> so when they said man-caused disasters, overseas contingen contingencies and, you know, workplace violence, that was all part of what you were dealing with privately behind the scenes. you know, the homeland security secretary n

late last night where republican congressman luis gohmert of texas came to the floor while democrats brad sherman were talking and the two had an exchange. mr. sherman: we are the business of this house is to -- >> i know it's hard. respect a colleague. [applause] mr. larson: this should be a debate in the formal house. this microphone should work and rules of order should apply and then we should have a vote. the purpose of this house is not to ignore the obvious concerns of the american people. mr. crowley: big joke, isn't it? >> a lot of people dying. a lot of people dying. mr. crowley: keep laughing, people are dying. people are dying. >> stay on the floor! stay on the floor. >> no bill, no break. no bill, no break. mr. sherman: if i can continue, this is not a great moment for the house of representatives. this is not regular order. the order has broken down because we have a speaker who will not allow us to vote. we saw the first responders in orlando. they had courage to charge in when you had an assailant with an assault rifle. shadow d show some pale of that courage by showing the american people where we stand. those who don't wan