Joe Barton: “It doesn't change the basic mission statement. It doesn't change the authorized level of the Strategic Petroleum…”

I helped lead the fight, and a lot of Members on the committee did, to repeal the ban on crude oil exports 3 or 4 years ago.

I think it is a measure of President George H.W. Bush that we all think of him as a personal friend. It is literally true that he had tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of men and women who considered themselves personal…

You can tell that you have been president of a national organization. I am throwing you softballs, and you are being very ecumenical.

I would repeal every existing regulation and law on oxygen and CAFE standards.