Blake Farenthold: “I worry about Washington bureaucrats coming up with regulations from the top down, and like to see stuff actually come…”

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

This project has been continuously delayed by bureaucracy and what I believe to be the prior Administration's hostility to oil and gas.

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.

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…