Joe Barton: “I yield 1 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns), a distinguished subcommittee chairman. (Mr. STEARNS asked…”

I am a little bit skeptical if we are doing this simply because we don't like natural gas power, we don't like coal power, we don't like nuclear power, because that would be an added cost that somebody's got to bear.

I was very heartened by the opening comments of Mr. Rush and Mr. Pallone.

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 am grateful that that one did deliver.