Joe Barton actually said...

"I think we ought to work on using the authority that we have, as opposed to trying to get additional authority at the Federal level."

"You can take a regulator to a problem, but you can't make it regulate."

"It is an absolute tragedy without any question that 32 people have died, and it is very unlikely that that is going to be the end of the death toll."

"Can you ever give a straight answer to the question?"