Joe Barton: “However, after reviewing those plans, I am troubled.”

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…

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

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you, sir, for appearing voluntarily without subpoena and standing or sitting there all by yourself.

It doesn't change the basic mission statement. It doesn't change the authorized level of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.