Guess who talked the most on the House floor this year?

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) logged the most speaking time on the House floor this year out of his more than 400 colleagues.

Capitol Hill staffers are accustomed to looking up at C-SPAN at the end of the legislative day and seeing Gohmert delivering long-winded "special order" speeches for 30 to 60 minutes at a time, multiple times per week. Gohmert clocked in about 29 hours on the floor in 2014, according to C-SPAN data.

The Texas Republican firebrand typically speaks about a variety of topics, including immigration and disagreements with President Obama's Justice Department. Occasionally he employs unusual visuals, such as posters depicting crucifixions while talking about the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.

Another hard-line conservative, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), came in second with 10 hours on the House floor in 2014. King frequently discusses his opposition to what he describes as "amnesty" for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. For instance, he recently accused White House "minions" of deliberately scheduling President Obama's immigration executive action for after Congress left town for the Thanksgiving recess.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/227974-rep-gohmert-talked-most-on-house-floor-in-2014

[rbrnmw]

1. Is that what that was called? Talking?

[lob1]

2. It proves the old proverb.

Those that have the least to say take the longest to say it.

[Rex]

3. 29 hours won't even get you enough money to buy food for your kids if you work a Walmart.

So, out of 8,765 hours in a year - the most logged time was 29 hours total?

Pathetic, Congress is a joke no wonder their rating stay in the trash.

[Action_Patrol]

11. You have to look at it in context

This only counts with time spent on the floor while in session. This doesn't count any time in committees. Most bills are given an hour on each side for debate. One person controls the time and yields 1-5 minutes at a time to someone wishing to speak. Unless you are in control of the bill you aren't going to rack up a lot of time on the floor.
The special order speeches at the end of the legislative day are usually between the person on the floor, staff on the rostrum, c-span and whoever stumbled into the visitors gallery late in the evening.

[hootinholler]

4. No wonder the Dome is under repair!

Put number 1 and 2 together and that hot air is pretty rancid.

[bigwillq]

5. Wow. You're telling me a congresscritter actually worked 29 hours last year?

I would have thought it was a lot less than that.

[Politicalboi]

6. He stood and talked so long

It made his calves the size of cantaloupes.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Verbal diarrhea.

[spanone]

8. guess who said the least.

louie fucking gohmert. dumbfuck texan.

with all due respect.

[Gothmog]

9. Gohmert is an idiot

This is really sad but funny

[hobbit709]

10. And said nothing that made any sense whatsoever.