Blake Farenthold

Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Reid deserves the post office in Brockport to be named after him, so I urge all Members to join me in voting for the passage of this bill to honor Nick. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro…

I have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I look to my colleagues here in the House of Representatives and say please join Mr. Reichert, Mr. Clay, the entire Washington delegation, and me in voting to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 103 Center Street…

I urge this body to join the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) and me in supporting H.R. 1813, renaming the United States Postal Service facility at 162 Northeast Avenue in Tallmadge, Ohio, to honor Nate, naming it as the Lance Corporal…

We exist to secure two fundamental principles. First, Americans have a right to know that the money that Washington takes from them is well spent.

I would like to take a moment to address the concerns raised by the gentleman from Virginia before yielding to the author of the bill, Mr. Long. During the markup, Representative Duckworth was concerned about certain agencies like the VA…

Without getting into the pros and cons of the various investigations that this body does, I will say that it is our constitutional obligation to provide oversight to the various Federal agencies. One of the ways we do that is through the…

I am here today to speak on H.R. 3308, which requires the Federal Government to disclose that advertisements and information on government programs and services are paid for by the taxpayer. Advertisements provide information, but in many…

Reclaiming my time, we have got an alphabet soup of government agencies. As I review documents for the budget, I sometimes have to Google what some of the agencies in the Federal Government do. Obviously, almost everybody knows what the…

As you know, an unconscionable denial of funding greatly thwarted our efforts to properly audit and investigate an OPM program of paramount national security concern.

The holding of a security clearance isn't a right, it is a privilege.

I do want to join with the other side of the aisle and the rest of this committee in coming up with a solution to give you guys the tools that you need to help keep our Country safe.

Chairman Issa and Ranking Member Cummings, you have our organization's pledge, now with access to the OPM Revolving Fund, that we will fully engage our audit and investigative resources to protect the national security.

I would like to thank Mr. Cummings and Mr. Lynch for working together in such a bipartisan manner on this very important national security bill. It is a commonsense, good government bill that is designed to use existing funds that are…

If I could inquire of the gentleman from Maryland if he has any additional speakers.

I join the gentleman from Maryland in urging my colleagues to support H.R. 1233, and I yield back the remainder of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Farenthold) that…

At this point, I would like to wrap it up and close. Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman from Virginia and the gentleman from Maryland pointed out, this is a commonsense, good government bill that has strong national security implications and I…

I stand with Mr. Cummings in supporting this good government bill that continues to preserve information from the Federal Government for historians and future generations, adapts to modern technology and closes the loophole with respect to…

Unfortunately, we are losing trust in the government.

Thank you very much. Madam Chairman, the patent system is a vital part of our national identity. It stimulates American ingenuity, and it enhances our global competitiveness stance. Traditionally, patent holders have asserted their patents…

We are producing more energy now than we have ever produced, and it is thanks to new technologies like hydraulic fracking for making that happen. The Eagle Ford shale in the district I represent has created over 400,000 jobs and, roughly…

Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, I would like to take a moment to address some claims that my friends and colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made. The FACT Act is simple. There are two pages of text to the FACT Act. There is…

It is not part of the medical record. It is just the basis of the claim. It would be simply: claiming mesothelioma from exposure at ``this'' location. It is that basic information that would allow other courts to determine that the person…

It is not their full Social Security numbers. It is not their confidential medical records. It is the basis of their claims.

It gives you their names and potentially a part of their Social Security numbers.