Joe Barton actually said...

I have great respect for Mississippi, and when I am told that their network... has almost all been spent and it is almost ready to go.

Why would we not make that network operational? ... If you just sit on it, it can't be used.

I strongly support both of these bills. You know, obviously they are subject to tweaking and being improved, but I think the concept in both...

HHS has a huge mission, admittedly, but their answer to ever problem is to create more bureaucracy.