Blake Farenthold

I thank my freshman colleague from South Carolina. I rise today in support of this rule. America has waited long enough for the uncertainty over taxes to go away. This rule gives us the opportunity to avoid a huge tax increase and gives us…

Thank you, Chairman Issa. Most Congressmen call their district staff workers caseworkers. I call my district workers red tape cutters, because that's what they do. Unfortunately, we have to have a job like that because government red tape…

The Constitution grants us the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof, and we've delegated this to the Fed. Unfortunately, we've tied our hands behind our back with respect to seeing what they're doing, and it's our duty to…

Our job as Representatives is twofold: we lead and we listen. If we think back to the last election that swept a Republican majority into the House, a lot of the surveys say that was a result of the public's dissatisfaction with this law…

I thank the chair for yielding. I rise today in support of the motion for civil contempt so we can get an attorney to proceed. Normally under contempt, what happens is, we vote, like we just did, to hold someone in contempt, and it's…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

I urge my colleagues to support renaming the postal facility at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, the First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building and support the passage of H.R. 3772. I yield back the balance of my…

H.R. 3772, introduced by the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Thompson), would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post…

I will keep my comments brief. Back in December, the House unanimously approved the base text of the legislation before us today, H.R. 2297. H.R. 2297 was approved in order to update zoning laws to allow the District of Columbia the…

I was moved by the recollections of the gentlelady from Florida of Reverend Abe Brown, and I am confident that my colleagues will join me in supporting the bill, H.R. 3276, renaming the post office at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in…

I urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 3501, honoring Specialist Nicholas Scott Hartge; and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr…

I would like to yield 5 minutes to my distinguished colleague and friend from the State of Indiana.

I join with the gentleman from Louisiana and the gentleman from Missouri in urging all of my colleagues and House Members to support the passage of H.R. 3412, renaming and creating the Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office. I yield…

I join with my colleagues in urging support of this bipartisan economic growth and jobs bill. It will create a vital new area in what is developing as a vibrant part of the District of Columbia. I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 2297…

H.R. 3501, introduced by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Stutzman), would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office. This bill…

I also ask unanimous consent that all Members may be given 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to place extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

You ought to be able to walk away feeling like you were treated fairly by the government.

It just seems like we shouldn't be trading energy any differently than we trade our farmers, our automakers, our airplane makers.

H.R. 3637, introduced by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rooney), would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Old Dixie Highway in Jupiter, Florida, as the Roy Schallern Rood Post Office Building. The…

I urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 3413, honoring the service in memory of Private Isaac Cortes and the sacrifices of his family, including Mrs. Toro, his service to this country and to the Bronx, by naming this post office…

We can never do enough for our veterans, men like Roy Rood who have sacrificed and risked it all in the name of freedom. While it has been over 60 years since World War II, we must never forget the sacrifices made by these people and so…

I also rise in opposition to this amendment. As the chairman has pointed out, there is no market in Alaska, and we know how the other side feels about building pipelines through Canada. Right now, we've got an historic low price of gas…

I urge us to be very cautious as we start to take away what is one of our fundamental freedoms.

I think we are at a point where we are trampling on the Constitution for no real reason.

I believe the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act is unconstitutional to begin with.