Joe Barton: “I believe the current crude oil exports restrictions are also standing in the way of real economic and geopolitical…”

This is a really, really good bill. I hope we have a great hearing.

It is always good to have hearings like this to try to, through bipartisan basis, get facts on the table.

I think it's good to have this and I think it's very good that we try to work to tighten up and, as the gentlelady just said, let's determine what the real intent is and then legislate accordingly.

I think that Mr. Flores and Mr. Shimkus have done a very good job in trying to patch together a compromise bill that's good politics.