Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 1, 2017
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.
Said by
Blake Farenthold
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Farenthold expresses the emotional toll of seeing personal belongings destroyed by the hurricane.

Share & report

More from Blake Farenthold

Jun 21, 2016

Pretty much everybody with a computer who can make it to a Starbucks is a publisher now, and we have the greatest marketplace of ideas in the world on the Internet.

congress.gov
Sep 25, 2017

I think way too many decisions here in Washington are made on anecdotal information and not scientific information.

congress.gov
Dec 3, 2017

While I 100% support more transparency with respect to claims against members of Congress, I can neither confirm nor deny that settlement involved my office as the Congressional Accountability Act prohibits me from answering that question.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 28, 2017

Unfortunately, through the previous administration--the previous administration insisted on a public-interest review as a reason to delay projects I think.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation