Joe Barton: “Not everybody is totally happy, but everybody had input.”

Every now and then, we have a day when it reminds us why we ran for Congress. Today is one of those days.

I think it is a measure of President George H.W. Bush that we all think of him as a personal friend. It is literally true that he had tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of men and women who considered themselves personal…

Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?

Mr. Chairman, my time has expired. Next time I would ask unanimous consent if I could ask the question and then answer it myself so that I could make sure I get the right answer I want.