Joe Barton: “I really hope we can come up with a way to bring the regulatory scheme if we need one into the 21st century.”

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

I helped lead the fight, and a lot of Members on the committee did, to repeal the ban on crude oil exports 3 or 4 years ago.

We are just trying to adopt the SPR to the modern situation.

Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?