Joe Barton: “Well, while the Bonnie and Clyde story is more fiction than fact--Ralph would have been pumping gas at the ripe old age…”

I want to thank Congressman Rush for working with me as one of the two lead bipartisan sponsors.

But I also think I speak for the majority and the minority that we hope that this is something that can move reasonably expeditiously and that means actually end up in a bill the President signs in this Congress.

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

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