Blake Farenthold: “I urge all Members to support the passage of this bill, H.R. 3004, and I yield back the balance of my time.”

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

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

I do think the Postal Service is an unused government resource that could be more help to the census than I think they are currently using.

This week is the birthday of two of my staff: Luis Buentello in my district office, and Bob Haueter, my chief of staff here in Washington, D.C., and Corpus Christi. Both are dedicated public servants committed to helping the people of the…