I would consider it to be immoral to take a paycheck when the people in the federal government are not.

Blake Farenthold

Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy in any information that I share with a company? My Google searches? The emails I send? Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy in anything but maybe a letter I hand deliver to my wife?

Blake Farenthold

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.

Blake Farenthold

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

Blake Farenthold

I took an oath to protect the Constitution, and protecting the Constitution means not letting the president bypass the separation of powers.

Blake Farenthold

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

I think there's no problem getting through the House a pathway to legal status. A pathway to citizenship is going to be tougher, but I think it is potentially doable, if we can show the American people that the border is secure.

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

Blake Farenthold

I believe that the kids are innocent victims in this. We spent money educating them. Many of them don't speak a word of Spanish, and we're thinking of deporting them. That doesn't make sense.

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

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

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

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

What message do we send to America if we impeach Obama and he gets away?

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

Immigration specifically was laid out in the Congress, giving the power of Congress to create a uniform system of naturalization.

Blake Farenthold

I see our veterans as American heroes, not as cartoon characters.

Blake Farenthold

Everybody wants to help folks out. But we've got a system where you can stay on unemployment for an awfully long time. And I think we need to create a system of decreasing benefits over time to encourage you to get a job.

Blake Farenthold

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.

Blake Farenthold

Blake Farenthold Quotes

I would consider it to be immoral to take a paycheck when the people in the federal government are not.

Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy in any information that I share with a company? My Google searches? The emails I send? Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy in anything but maybe a letter I hand deliver to my wife?

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.

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

I took an oath to protect the Constitution, and protecting the Constitution means not letting the president bypass the separation of powers.

I think there's no problem getting through the House a pathway to legal status. A pathway to citizenship is going to be tougher, but I think it is potentially doable, if we can show the American people that the border is secure.

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.

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.

I believe that the kids are innocent victims in this. We spent money educating them. Many of them don't speak a word of Spanish, and we're thinking of deporting them. That doesn't make sense.

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.

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

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.

What message do we send to America if we impeach Obama and he gets away?

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

Immigration specifically was laid out in the Congress, giving the power of Congress to create a uniform system of naturalization.

I see our veterans as American heroes, not as cartoon characters.

Everybody wants to help folks out. But we've got a system where you can stay on unemployment for an awfully long time. And I think we need to create a system of decreasing benefits over time to encourage you to get a job.

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.