Louie Gohmert MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Support for the construction of prisons or detention centers

• 11/13/2007: Voted NO on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society

Civil Rights

Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 01/09/2014: State definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage
• 09/19/2013: Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech
• 04/02/2009: Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
• 06/25/2008: Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage
• 11/13/2007: Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
• 12/31/2006: by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance
• 07/18/2006: Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 01/04/2013: No family planning assistance that includes abortion
• 05/05/2011: Prohibit federal funding for abortion
• 01/07/2011: Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood
• 07/29/2010: Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans
• 04/27/2005: Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 01/03/2013: Life and human rights begin at fertilization or cloning
• 12/01/2011: Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection
• 05/04/2011: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
• 01/07/2011: Congress shall protect life beginning with fertilization
• 04/21/2009: Report on Medicaid payments to abortion providers

  Support for gun rights

• 04/30/2009: Allow reloading spent military small arms ammunition
• 10/20/2005: Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers

Economic Issues

Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

• 01/05/2011: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution
• 07/08/2010: Demand a Balanced Budget amendment
• 01/06/2009: Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override

  Increase taxes for all tax payers

• 07/08/2010: Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax
• 01/06/2009: Repeal the Death Tax

  Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 12/31/2006: by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation
• 12/08/2005: Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

• 01/01/2012: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
• 08/12/2010: Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes

  Taxes for large corporations: Decrease

• 05/11/2010: No European-style VAT (value-added tax)

  Implement a flat tax

• 07/08/2010: Adopt a single-rate tax system

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 03/30/2011: Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program
• 01/05/2011: Constitutionally guarantee parent's right to educate kids

  Reduce federal government involvement with public education

• 02/11/2014: Denounce the Common Core State Standards

Environmental Issues

Support off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources

• 05/12/2011: Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
• 01/18/2007: Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
• 06/29/2006: Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore

  Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 07/08/2010: Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures
• 06/26/2009: Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
• 01/09/2009: Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules

  Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement

• 09/18/2008: Voted NO on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences
• 09/29/2005: Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species

  Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

• 07/08/2010: Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low

  Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry

• 02/12/2008: Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 04/15/2011: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
• 07/08/2010: Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market
• 07/04/2010: Repeal any federal health care takeover
• 01/23/2008: Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
• 10/25/2007: Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility

  Eliminate financial penalty from Obamacare for taxpayers that do not have health insurance

• 01/05/2011: Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law
• 07/27/2010: Deauthorize funding for Obamacare

  Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

• 07/15/2008: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare

Immigration

Increase border security between U.S. and Mexico

• 09/14/2006: Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border
• 06/06/2006: Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project

  Oppose amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 01/05/2011: Redefine "birthright citizenship" to exclude illegal aliens

  Improve enforcement of existing immigration laws

• 01/03/2013: No birthright citizenship unless one parent is an American

  Increase deportation of undocumented individuals convicted of a crime

• 10/25/2011: Deport foreign criminals;punish nations denying repatriation