Blake Farenthold

It is no good having a site with reviews on it if all the reviews are positive, and the people posting negative reviews are silenced.

What this bill does, what the SPEAK FREE Act does, is make it easier for those who are victimized by abusive lawsuits to silence their voices to end this early on in the litigation proceeding.

It is an honor and a privilege to be here. A little over a year ago, there were some horrible floods just outside the district I represent in Wimberley, Texas, that took the lives of several constituents vacationing there in Corpus…

We have got to take a stand and say, we are not going to be lied to in Congress.

The people of United States want us to do something. They are mad. They are angry.

The President regularly bypasses Congress with what I consider to be illegal and unconstitutional executive orders.

We are here today talking about modernizing a law, but we are modernizing a law that encompasses a centuries-old principle. Back in the days when the Founding Fathers wrote our Constitution, they were concerned about the government rifling…

It is a privilege to be here today to be the sponsor of the SMARTER Act. This is just good government. We have a situation now that if you want to merge your company with another company, you could go before the Federal Trade Commission or…

I appreciate the gentleman from New Jersey's commitment to the free market, because I think we all believe a free and fair market is in the best interest of America and in the best interest of every American consumer, but we have got to…

In reclaiming my time, my point is that, if the gentleman thinks we have too many mergers, let's change the law, but let's have a fair procedure. What this bill is designed to do is to have a fair procedure for those who are engaged in…

In reclaiming my time, I think the gentleman has a problem with the fact that there are so many mergers and that he thinks it is anticompetitive and not good for folks. That is an opinion that the gentleman is, certainly, entitled to, but…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, it shouldn't take an act of Congress for these women to be inurned in Arlington National Cemetery. We have heard from numerous people on both sides of the aisle that this is simply the right thing to do…

We worked really hard in Congress to get the Veterans Choice program implemented and provide quick care for veterans.

On rollcall Nos. 102, 103, and 104, I missed votes due to district business. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

Last weekend I attended the groundbreaking of the tallest cross in the Western Hemisphere and the second tallest cross in the world that is going to be built in Corpus Christi, Texas, my hometown, by the Abundant Life Fellowship under the…

As we have been going through this debate, we have entered in the Record and had some discussions about the groups that oppose this bill. I did want to point out that there are quite a few organizations--veterans organizations…

I am stunned by how many people apparently have not read this 3-page bill. Nowhere in the bill does it say we are going to release addresses. Nowhere does it say we are going to release medical records. It is simply the name, the basis of…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 211, noes 188, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 33, as follows: [Roll…

I agree with Mr. Cohen 100 percent that the victims of terrorism deserve compensation from those who perpetrated the acts of terror. However, I oppose this amendment because it denies the victims of terrorism the protections that the bill…

It is my privilege to be here to speak on behalf of the FACT Act. Just a quick, oversimplified history of how the asbestos trusts came into being. The manufacturers of asbestos, when it became known that it was such a deadly product…

To close. There have been a lot of arguments we have heard today for and against this bill, but I think the biggest argument for it is that it preserves precious and limited resources for those who were injured by asbestos and shuts down…

I claim the time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

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

I think we are going down a rabbit trail here. I agree with Mr. Nadler. This bill is designed to protect victims. It is not intended to increase the burdens or the cost on the victim. It does require the trusts to publish the name and the…

Again, I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill. The gentleman on the other side of the aisle, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, of course, indicated that it is his intent to gut the bill here. We need to defeat this amendment. Of course, Mr…