Joe Barton actually said...

"You know, there's a saying that people like myself that run for public office and have been around awhile kind of live by, and it's called 'no good deed goes unpunished.'"

"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 the road."

"We have an abundance of oil and natural gas in this country."