Blake Farenthold : (6) " 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 " 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 actually enjoy having the Capitol view. We started referring to it as the trillion dollar view. " - Blake Farenthold " Why is it every time there is a tragedy in the U.S., President Obama blames the gun rather than the criminal? " - Blake Farenthold " I did vote to defund the Obama program that defers deporting the so-called DREAMers, because that was the president’s decision, and the president shouldn’t unilaterally get to decide what laws to enforce or not enforce. " - Blake Farenthold " The census should not be political. " - Blake Farenthold