Joe Barton: “I want a general ballpark estimate. Are we talking about a few million, several hundred million, a billion?”

Before Congressman Hensarling leaves, I just want to commend him for his service and tell him what a privilege it has been for me to serve with him and to know him as a friend. We are both retiring, and we are both, so far as I know, going…

Every now and then, we have a day when it reminds us why we ran for Congress. Today is one of those days.

It is always good to have hearings like this to try to, through bipartisan basis, get facts on the table.

I can't tell you how excited I am to have this hearing. It's really exciting for me.