Joe Barton: “I believe we need to take steps to put privacy back into the personal realm and take it out of the consumer marketing…”

I don't want to speak for the Department of Energy, but the draft legislation allows, without going through the appropriation process, funds generated by using this facility for private purposes to be used for maintenance of the facility.

Before Congressman Hensarling leaves, I just want to commend him for his service and tell him what a privilege it has been for me to serve with him and to know him as a friend. We are both retiring, and we are both, so far as I know, going…

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

We are just trying to adopt the SPR to the modern situation.