Joe Barton actually said...

"I mean, I just--I can't stress enough, Mr. Chairman, it is important that we have an environmental program Nationally and at the State level that every citizen has confidence in that's going to give u..."

"I think they're people of good conscious, and they want to enforce law--both the State and the Federal law."

"It's amazing to me that the lady from Connecticut can fly 1400 miles and our Region VI Administrator can come to Houston but can't come and actually appear before an official committee of the United S..."

"I don't see in the record where TCEQ or a particular company has knowingly and willfully violated the Clean Air Act on the regulated pollutants."