C-SPAN Gold: Congressman left floundering on House floor when colleague shows up late

(By Chris Moody, The Daily Caller) - Louie Gohmert owes Dan Burton big time.

Burton, Republican of Indiana, was left floundering on the House floor for more than 10 minutes Thursday afternoon when Gohmert, Republican of Texas, was late for his own speech, forcing Burton to stall to keep the floor open for his old friend. Burton had concluded his prepared comments, but didn’t know what to do when he was forced to keep talking.

“The people in the cloak room came out and said, ‘You need to keep talking,’ and I said, ‘well I finished my special order,’ and they said, ‘but Louie Gohmert’s coming over and he wants to talk,’ and I said, ‘well, why isn’t he here?’ and they said, ‘we don’t know but he said to keep talking,’” Burton said after the episode.