Joe Barton: “The timeline that EPA is proposing is unworkable, unreasonable, and uneconomical.”

It is voluntary on a State basis.

There's a saying that a lot of us use quite a bit. It's called no good deed goes unpunished.

I think that Mr. Flores and Mr. Shimkus have done a very good job in trying to patch together a compromise bill that's good politics.

I don't want to speak for the Department of Energy, but the draft legislation allows, without going through the appropriation process, funds generated by using this facility for private purposes to be used for maintenance of the facility.