American - Politician | December 12, 1961 -
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
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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.
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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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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 understand that, for some, everything is political.
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In cutting government, we cut a huge variety of programs, a lot of which I would have liked to see increase, and a lot of which I'd like to see decreased more.
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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.
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What message do we send to America if we impeach Obama and he gets away?
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I serve and answer to the Texans I represent - not the Hollywood elite.
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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.
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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.
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It's about going to where your voters are.
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