Joe Barton: “This bill is good policy for both economic and strategic reasons.”

My Texas pride doesn't need to be hurt by that, is what you are telling me.

May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

It is voluntary on a State basis.

It is my honor to introduce to the House of Representatives the new Congressman for the 27th Congressional District of Texas, the Honorable Michael Cloud. Michael is a husband and a father. His wife and three children are either in the…