Blake Farenthold

Thank you, Chairman Goodlatte. Quite frankly, I am personally offended by the claim that this bill is against victims. It is for the victims. It is preserving the asbestos trusts for those yet undiscovered victims from people who would…

The point I am trying to make is that the existing victims have been compensated, and I am glad they are compensated; but there isn't an organization in place for people who don't know they have the disease.

Thank you very much, Chairman Shuster. I rise today as well in support of this bill because it is a jobs bill, and it is not just a jobs bill because the government spends money to create jobs. It is a jobs bill because it builds…

I'm concerned that the wind energy subsidies that we're spending, and the growth of wind energy is actually costing us more than we know.

The government is shut down today because Democrats like Harry Reid and the President refuse to negotiate. We, in the House, have sent not one, not two, not three, but four different spending proposals to the Senate. All were rejected…

America has a lot of clean-burning natural gas. The Eagle Ford Shale, in the district I represent, has created 400,000 jobs and roughly $2.6 billion in salaries and benefits in the 13-county area. Similar booms are happening in other parts…

I come here today about an hour and 20 minutes after we stood on the Capitol steps remembering the victims of the heinous attacks on September 11. Everybody remembers, if they're of age, where they were at that time. I was sitting in my…

I'd like to honor, today, a group of hometown heros from Corpus Christi, Texas, the Corpus Christi Universal Little League team. Universal made it to the Little League World Series this year in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, after they won…

I want to address, too, what my colleague from Houston, Texas, just said. I love clean air, clean water, safe working places as much as she does; but we've got a government now that, instead of working with the people and with industry, is…

Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, I just want to wrap up by saying that this really is a problem. Elected officials are not making the rules. There is no accountability, and it's going to be hard for us to do it. This is the first step in…

I appreciate the ranking member's support of this bill. This is not an anti-travel, anti-conference bill. This is a commonsense transparency and good government bill. It was designed to stop wasteful spending. You hear a lot of talk here…

I'm troubled by the assertion that we don't treat our Federal employees right because we're asking them to do their job correctly and give their employers--we, the people, we, the taxpayers--the authority to make sure they're doing their…

I recently met up with some future leaders of the district I represent who are members of the Flour Bluff High School Navy Junior ROTC. They won first place this year at the Texas State NJROTC competition and then went on to win the All…

While the Project adds great ideas to the debate, I think we need to consider whether reliable data exists to inform us about how the current copyright landscape is impacting not only the Internet and content industries but also our entire…

I am appalled by what happened. I was appalled when the Nixon Administration did it, and I am appalled when it is happening under this Administration.

This committee is the watchdog for the Federal taxpayers, and we want to work with you to be better stewards of the taxpayers' money, and combat waste, fraud, and abuse at every opportunity.

We have heard a lot of rhetoric today that sequestration is the problem. I would like to remind you that sequestration, that President Obama proposed, was the only solution we could agree on to the real problem: the fact that this…

Thank you very much. As I was listening to the gentlelady from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem), her stories about growing up around firearms and the quality time that she spent with her grandmother learning marksmanship and learning gun safety…

The victims of asbestos-related diseases deserve full compensation for their injuries, and I am extremely sympathetic to these claims.

every day you delay in approving that permit is a day somebody doesn't go back to work.

It seems ridiculous that we have to go through this many regulatory hoops to regulate one activity.

I was sitting in the back of the House, listening to some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and I just had to rise to answer some of the things that they just said. The gentlewoman from Texas was talking about sequester and…

Thank you, Congressman Poe. I'm honored today to stand up here to honor the bravery and commitment that Congressman Sam Johnson has shown his country. Sam lived through an experience that would bring even the toughest soldier to his knees…

Thank you very much. It's my pleasure to be up here even though it is a very solemn occasion. I didn't have the honor or privilege of knowing Chief Chris Kyle, but as I've heard my fellow Texans speak of him and as many Americans have…

I'd like to take this one final opportunity to urge my colleagues to support the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012. We've heard from speakers on both sides of the aisle indicating some of the absurd results that we have seen as a result…