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" We can't get serious about immigration reform until we stop people from crossing the border illegally. "

Blake Farenthold

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" My message on immigration is that the people who want to come to this country, by and large, even those who have done it illegally, are coming for the right reasons, not to take advantage of our welfare system. "

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" 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

Change The World

" It's Congress' job to keep an eye on the other agencies and the workings of the entire government. It is our constitutional duty. "

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" I think that we're so generous in some of our social problems that people are unwilling to get a job outside in the heat. Rather than get 15 dollars to go get roofing, they'd rather get 9 or 10 dollars in benefits. "

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" Every member of Congress has highways in their district. "

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" As a government watchdog, I'm always looking for ways to make government smaller, more efficient, and fairer. "

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" The purpose of the criminal justice system is both to rehabilitate and to punish. If we can rehabilitate somebody, that's a huge, huge win. "

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Criminal Justice

" In an urban area, you're not going to be an hour away from another post office. "

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" 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. "

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Make A Difference

" Nobody in the Washington regulatory bureaucracy gets fired for saying no. "

Blake Farenthold

" Sometimes you've got to make a hard decision, and there's a real reluctance to make hard decisions in Washington. "

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" Census data influences decisions made from Main Street to Wall Street, in Congress and with the Federal Reserve. Not to mention, the American people who look to, and trust, the data the government releases on our nation's unemployment, state of our economy, and health insurance coverage. "

Blake Farenthold

" My subcommittee will be thoroughly investigating this issue and demanding answers from Census officials on allegations that the Census Bureau is changing the wording of survey questions used to determine our nation's annual report on health insurance coverage. "

Blake Farenthold

" You've got to do the same sort of outreach to Hispanics that you do to any other group. They want to see their congressman. "

Blake Farenthold

" Companies that are hosting Web sites or do a lot of teleconferencing need a lot of bandwidth going both ways. "

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" I actually enjoy having the Capitol view. We started referring to it as the trillion dollar view. "

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" I'm committed to voting to repeal Obamacare or defending it as much as possible. "

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" I'm a Texan - my idea of gun control is hitting what you aim at and nothing else. "

Blake Farenthold

" Nobody likes to make a hard decision, because you're running every two years. "

Blake Farenthold

" My constituents feel betrayed by the promise that Reagan made, that if we grant amnesty, we'll then secure the border. We obviously didn't do that. "

Blake Farenthold

" I understand that, for some, everything is political. "

Blake Farenthold

" Human trafficking robs victims of their basic human rights, and it occurs right under our noses. Many efforts have been focused in other regions of the world, but this is a major problem here at home. "

Blake Farenthold

" I think a fair amount of my votes were 'not-for-Ortiz,' votes and I'm going to have to work hard to earn the 'for Blake' votes. "

Blake Farenthold

" I've been through several of his campaigns, and I can tell you nobody can out-campaign Rick Perry. "

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