Joe Barton: “I would encourage the Commission and the staff and the members of this committee to keep an open mind on this because we…”

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.

The allegation that we made, the Republicans, is that you're discriminatory against us--against the Republicans.

It doesn't change the basic mission statement. It doesn't change the authorized level of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

There's a saying that a lot of us use quite a bit. It's called no good deed goes unpunished.