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It's said that you can tell a lot about someone by who opposes them. In the case of liberal pundit Bill Maher - a man who called America's actions cowardly in the wake of 9/11 and who mocked WWII veterans who wanted to visit the monument built in their honor - I wear his disapproval of me as a badge of honor.

~Blake Farenthold

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I cannot ignore this reality, and I encourage my all colleagues to join me in this fight to end modern day slavery in our own backyard.

~Blake Farenthold

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It's about going to where your voters are.

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I am running on the fact that I am doing a good job listening to people.

~Blake Farenthold

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I'm doing a good job in Washington.

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Congress has the constitutional authority to investigate the other agencies of government. We are the watchdogs of the taxpayer's money, and we have the right to know how that money is being spent and to conduct oversight over the government.

~Blake Farenthold

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We have testimony saying, and I think common sense also dictates, that in a failed state like Syria, you don't have any government information, police reports to rely on to vet somebody. So there's no way to do a background check from somebody coming out of Syria. There's no way we can find out whether they're safe or not.

~Blake Farenthold

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You turn on the TV, and you hear all these guys: 'Republican Party in disarray. Turmoil in Washington.' I don't think that's the case.

~Blake Farenthold

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My deal is you start as far to the right as you can get, and go to the conference committee with the Senate, and hopefully end up with something you can live with.

~Blake Farenthold

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I think there are several departments we could completely get rid of, and we wouldn't miss it.

~Blake Farenthold

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: December 12th, 1961

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