Blake Farenthold: “It's almost like a fog has been lifted over America. We sought to capture or kill Osama bin Laden for 10 years; and just…”

“It's almost like a fog has been lifted over America. We sought to capture or kill Osama bin Laden for 10 years; and just recently, that was accomplished. And it's almost as if the sun is a little bit brighter and the can-do American spirit has been revived, that same spirit that took us to the Moon, that same spirit that has led us to victory in the past. Our intelligence community is key to that success, as is our military. It is absolutely imperative that we support and back the intelligence community that provides us the knowledge and information that not only helps us win wars but, more importantly, keeps us out of war. Knowledge is power. What we know about beforehand gives us the opportunity to stop conflicts before they happen. We are also in an era of a tight budget now. We are looking at an authorization bill that increases and provides adequate oversight to our intelligence to make sure those resources are being spent wisely and are being spent in the defense of this Nation, in the furtherance of our interests, and in the furtherance of freedom.”