Joe Barton actually said...

"We have lost 20,000 jobs and yet we have it underneath our feet, and we can't get it because we don't have a place to take it to."

"I have been in Congress 21 years, and I have heard colleagues on both sides of the aisle constantly talk about the goal of making our country energy independent."

"I believe the current crude oil exports restrictions are also standing in the way of real economic and geopolitical benefits."

"Why wouldn't we be talking about taking this excess light sweet crude and tooling up our refinery capacity to keep it here in the United States?"