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

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

- Blake Farenthold

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

- Blake Farenthold

I will support a path to citizenship if it does not fall within the definition of amnesty, and we've got to define what amnesty is in this country.

- Blake Farenthold

I understand that, for some, everything is political.

- 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

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

- Blake Farenthold

I think it's really tough being in Donald Trump's shoes, when you've got the media looking to put the worst possible spin to everything that you say.

- 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 serve and answer to the Texans I represent - not the Hollywood elite.

- Blake Farenthold

The fourth amendment specifically was designed to prohibit general warrants. How could collecting every piece of phone data be perceived as anything but a general warrant?

- 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

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

- Blake Farenthold

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

- Blake Farenthold

How is having every phone call that I make to my wife, to my daughter, relevant to any terror investigation?

- Blake Farenthold

Hillary Clinton and John Kerry have left the U.S. with better relations with Iran and Cuba and worse relations with allies like Israel.

- Blake Farenthold

Every member of Congress has highways in their district.

- Blake Farenthold

Drug testing for recipients of various welfare programs - I really think that's something that needs to be considered.

- Blake Farenthold

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

- Blake Farenthold