Joe Barton: “every single time I go to a small business they have all said--Congressman, I have a plan to get rid of health…”

It's obvious that, to me, anyway, this program is being abused.

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

I helped lead the fight, and a lot of Members on the committee did, to repeal the ban on crude oil exports 3 or 4 years ago.

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. ____________________