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Joe Barton: If you have Joe Barton and Ed Markey on a bill, you pretty well covered the political spectrum not only of this…

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
If you have Joe Barton and Ed Markey on a bill, you pretty well covered the political spectrum not only of this committee but of the Congress.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton highlights the bipartisan nature of the legislation with Markey.

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