Politician

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

We need to be talking about things like the DREAM Act. We need to also be talking about e-verify. We also need to be talking about border security.

The pro-immigration people are really having a fit saying that I don't care about the children.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Every member of Congress has highways in their district.

I've already composed and written a letter to the House administration telling them to withhold my paycheck in the event of a lapse of appropriations.

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

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.

You can't not approve a merger because you don't like the companies' politics. That's just not right.

Kongres memiliki kewenangan konstitusional untuk menyelidiki lembaga pemerintah lainnya. Kami adalah pengawas uang pembayar pajak, dan kami memiliki hak untuk mengetahui bagaimana uang itu dibelanjakan dan untuk melakukan pengawasan terhadap pemerintah.

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