Representative Blake Farenthold

District 27 - Blake Farenthold - R

• 2331 Rayburn HOB
• Washington, DC 20515
• Phone: (202) 225-7742
• Fax: (202) 226-1134
• email him

Committees:

• JUDICIARY (Subs: Courts, Intellectual Property & the Internet; Regulatory Reform, Commercial & Antitrust Law);
• OVERSIGHT & GOVERNMENT REFORM (Subs: Information Technology; Interior, Energy & Environment (Chair));
• TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE (Subs: Aviation; Highways & Transit; Railroads, Pipelines & Hazardous Materials)

Global Action Record:

• 2012/11/13 - HR 6588 - To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai - cosponsor
• 2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid instead of shipping from U.S. farms - Nay
• 2014/02/10 - HR 60 - To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai - cosponsor
• 2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Nay / 2015/06/12 Trade Promotion Authority - Nay /
• 2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)
• resigned effective mid term

U.S. Action Record:

• 2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Yea
• 2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b) - Yea
• 2014//01/29 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Yea
• 2014/07/25 - HR 4935 - Child Tax Credit Improvement Act (extends CTC to higher-incomes families but fails to address expiring benefits to low-income families) - Yea
• 2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Yea
• HR 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 - Yea