Joe Barton: “I am firmly opposed to proposals to impose a tax on devices that use unlicensed spectrum.”

Before Congressman Hensarling leaves, I just want to commend him for his service and tell him what a privilege it has been for me to serve with him and to know him as a friend. We are both retiring, and we are both, so far as I know, going…

Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?

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.

It is always good to have hearings like this to try to, through bipartisan basis, get facts on the table.