Political Quotes

On the recordJune 1, 2015
If we let the producers have the option of putting that oil on the world market, the consumer in the United States could potentially benefit from the world price going down.
Said by
Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Barton argues that allowing oil exports could lower U.S. gasoline prices.

Share & report

More from Joe Barton

May 10, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I can't think of a more unrewarding, difficult, fruitless issue to be asked to be the leader on than trying to find a solution to high-level nuclear waste. Can you imagine if, when you get elected to Congress, you are called…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
May 22, 2018

Mr. Speaker, when I was a little boy, I used to read comic books, and one of them I read was Superman. In the Superman comic books, way back in the 1960s, Superman had an alterego that lived on Bizarro World. {time} 1615 In Bizarro World…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-22
Jul 16, 2018

Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation