Joe Barton: “That is correct. As a part of the settlement agreement, there is an alternative settlement procedure that gives the…”

“That is correct. As a part of the settlement agreement, there is an alternative settlement procedure that gives the State the right to do so. That alternative settlement agreement was not a part of the public record. What is a part of the public record is, and it was unequivocal in the conference report, in the report language and in all the public comments, was that if the House and the Senate would agree, this $65 million would in fact be used to build this cancer research and treatment center if it passed peer review, which it did.”