Joe Barton actually said...

The bill that passed out of this committee is a long-term permanent solution, bipartisan.

I would like to still be in Congress when we actually fund it. And as your current Secretary said famously back in Texas, let's get on down ...

We repealed the crude oil ban. As I speak today, we are exporting about 2 million barrels of oil per day.

Mr. Johnson's bill is simply an acknowledgment of that and says let's use this economic resource that we have to benefit the rest of the wor...