If I were to leave Congress and want to start Farenthold TV, it would be very difficult. The fewer players there are, the fewer the opportunities to build a big enough audience to get on. – Blake Farenthold
I think there are several departments we could completely get rid of, and we wouldn’t miss it. – Blake Farenthold
With President Obama restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba, the immigration preferential treatment given to Cubans… no longer makes sense. – Blake Farenthold
I think anybody who’s had an alcoholic in their life, or somebody with a drug problem, realizes that until things get bad enough, there’s no incentive to change. – Blake Farenthold
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
If you are just using the service to look at Web sites and download e-mail, then a DSL line may be cheaper. It is when you have more data going out that wireless can make a difference. – Blake Farenthold
The pro-immigration people are really having a fit saying that I don’t care about the children. – Blake Farenthold
I feel like my mandate when I was elected was to go reduce the size of government, lower taxes, and increase freedom, and freedom isn’t free, and sometimes you have to make a small sacrifice to move forward with what you’re after. – Blake Farenthold
Companies that are hosting Web sites or do a lot of teleconferencing need a lot of bandwidth going both ways. – Blake Farenthold
I would consider it to be immoral to take a paycheck when the people in the federal government are not. – Blake Farenthold
Historically, the Justice Department has been Congress’ ally in fighting wrongdoing in government, but under this Justice Department and Eric Holder, rather than being the people’s attorney, Eric Holder sees himself as the president’s attorney and he’ll do anything to defend the president. – Blake Farenthold
In 2012, the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s overreaching mandate that forces every American to purchase health insurance or face a fine. – Blake Farenthold
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
Drug testing for recipients of various welfare programs – I really think that’s something that needs to be considered. – Blake Farenthold
Sometimes you’ve got to make a hard decision, and there’s a real reluctance to make hard decisions in Washington. – Blake Farenthold
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
You can’t not approve a merger because you don’t like the companies’ politics. That’s just not right. – Blake Farenthold
The American people should not be footing the bill for federal employees who stonewall Congress or rewarding government officials’ bad behavior. – Blake Farenthold
I went in with the youthful vigor that I could single-handedly change the world. But you fast come to the realization that you’re 1/435th of one-half of one-third of the government. – Blake Farenthold
I’m not going to sell Donald Trump short. I think the American people saw something in him. – Blake Farenthold
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