Joe Barton: “I don't have any frame of reference but it would appear to me, when you see the potential danger...”

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. ____________________

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

You can tell that you have been president of a national organization. I am throwing you softballs, and you are being very ecumenical.

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.