Blake Farenthold: “I do think the Postal Service is an unused government resource that could be more help to the census than I think they…”

It is my distinct pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan), the sponsor of the bill and my friend, the Speaker of the House.

As a conservative who wants to shrink the size of government, that really rubs me the wrong way.

It is bad enough just seeing your trees there for months. But when it is your personal effects and your scrapbooks, I mean, it is heartbreaking.

I was completely exonerated by OCE and the settlement agreement has been paid. I'm doing my best and I'm going to hand a check over this week to probably Speaker Ryan or somebody and say, look, here is the amount of my settlement. Give it…