Joe Barton actually said...

For the first time, it will allow interim to have a chance to be certified as we look at the permanent repository.

Barton supports legislation that enables interim storage of nuclear waste.

04/25/2017

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I support the rights of States to have energy policies, but if you look at my home State of Texas, we have the highest economic growth in th...

About 40 percent of all the jobs created in the U.S. since 2001 have been in the State of Texas.

Well, we say in Texas that we have created more jobs in the last 10 years than the rest of the country combined.

I think it is important, as the Republican side, to emphasize that we support the rights of States to have energy policies.