Joe Barton: “I want to be explicitly clear. If there really is a regulatory gap--based on the record that I have reviewed, I don't…”

It's obvious that, to me, anyway, this program is being abused.

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

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.