Joe Barton: “We have to stop spending money we don't have and we started to make that fiscally responsible decision...”

It is voluntary on a State basis.

I was in Senate Chamber trying to prevent a hold on H.R. 7217. I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 434. ____________________

I can't tell you how excited I am to have this hearing. It's really exciting for me.

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