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CONGRESSMAN FARENTHOLD REACTS TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Congressman Blake Farenthold (TX-27) released the following video tonight after attending the President’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Click on the photo above to watch the video. Additionally, the full text of the Congressman Farenthold video response is below. “Tonight, the President spoke to us about the State of the Union. I beg to differ with what the President said. The state of our union is unimproved, and we could be...
Continue ReadingREPRESENTATIVES FARENTHOLD AND VELA URGE SEC. PANETTA TO SPARE SOUTH TEXAS MILITARY BASES FROM SEQUESTRATION CUTS
Thursday, February 07, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Blake Farenthold (R-TX-27) and Filemon Vela (D-TX-34) sent a letter today to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta urging him to consider the importance of three local military bases when implementing future Department of Defense cuts. Representatives Farenthold and Vela represent the Costal Bend of South Texas which is home to three critical military facilities; the Corpus Christi Army Depot, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, and Naval Air Station Kingsville. “Together, these facilities form a unique military community that...
Continue ReadingRep. Farenthold votes to curb the EPA’s regulatory power and express disapproval of the White House’s effort to waive aspects of the 1996 welfare refo…
Friday, September 21, 2012
H.R. 3409, Stop the War on Coal Act Summary: On Friday, the House passed the Stop the War on Coal Act to check the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) costly job-killing regulations in order to protect jobs, keep energy affordable and prevent the premature closure of coal plants. This Act limits surface mining regulations and requires regulatory analysis and a cumulative cost analysis of EPA’s rules. H.R. 3409 gives states the power to regulate coal ash and turns the power for setting...
Continue ReadingRep. Farenthold votes to fund federal operations for 6 months, to repeal the sequester and to phase out the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee prog…
Friday, September 14, 2012
H.J. Res. 117, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution Summary: The House passed legislation to ensure that discretionary federal operations will remain funded for six months. H. J. Res. 117 provides a six-month extension of appropriated funding for discretionary government operations through March 27, 2013. Under current law, appropriated funding for discretionary spending is set to expire after September 30, 2012: the end of the fiscal year. According to CBO, H.J.Res. 117 would provide $1.047 trillion in regular appropriated funding for government operations...
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