Joe Barton actually said...

Achieving North American oil independence won't cost the American people a single dime.

Barton emphasizes that oil independence can be achieved without taxpayer costs.

09/12/2012

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There is not one letter on the record where TCEQ has had a flexible permit rejected.

So, there's not any of you that's here to say 'Let's just do what's good for Texas and don't worry about the laws of the United States?'

I have yet to find one that substantiates what you said in your testimony, that the Texas Flexible Permitting program is not transparent, it...

Because of the lawsuit that the State of Texas has against your agency, you filed an affidavit in Federal court on October the 28th of 2010....