Joe Barton actually said...

A trillion dollars is so much money that we can't even get our hands on it.

Barton emphasizes the immense budget of HHS and its management issues.

05/08/2012

More Joe Barton Quotes

If we don't have a market in the United States for the crude oil at our refineries, if you can't export it, you keep it in the ground.

Do we have a ban on the export of corn? No.

Do we have a ban on the export of coal? No.

Putting a ban on crude oil exports at that time made some sense, to husband that resource as a strategic commodity.