Joe Barton actually said...

"I don't see why you couldn't reopen the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act and say unless the Federal Government can show failure, then the State should be preeminent."

"I think it is--although you are outnumbered, it certainly doesn't mean you are outmanned, so to speak, because of the issue."

"I want to compliment the non-committee congressmen and women that are here. They don't have to be here."

"the medical device review process at the Food and Drug Administration in my opinion has become overly burdensome, unpredictable and inconsistent under its current leadership."