Joe Barton actually said...

The only certainty would be that electricity rates would go, reliability would go down, and there would be routine blackouts.

This is not a health-based rule. It is not a rule based on a real economic science.

My bill is a very simple bill. It is a page long. It repeals the ban on crude oil exports that was first established back in 1975.

If we were to repeal the ban on crude oil exports, we would allow U.S. producers to sell their oil to any willing buyer whether it was domes...