Joe Barton: “I yield 30 seconds of my minute and a half, which was Mr. Flake's minute and a half, to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr.…”

I was in Senate Chamber trying to prevent a hold on H.R. 7217. I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 434. ____________________

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

If we did that and went to a pure market for ethanol, it would work.

Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?