Joe Barton: “There is no urgency to do this.”

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

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

I think it's good to have this and I think it's very good that we try to work to tighten up and, as the gentlelady just said, let's determine what the real intent is and then legislate accordingly.

It is my honor to introduce to the House of Representatives the new Congressman for the 27th Congressional District of Texas, the Honorable Michael Cloud. Michael is a husband and a father. His wife and three children are either in the…