Blake Farenthold: “As a conservative who wants to shrink the size of government, that really rubs me the wrong way.”

The FACT Act is designed to require increased transparency to combat fraud committed against asbestos trusts. This amendment strikes the requirement that asbestos trusts publish the very data that is necessary to detect fraud between the…

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.

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

I worry about Washington bureaucrats coming up with regulations from the top down, and like to see stuff actually come from the bottom up.