Joe Barton actually said...

"I applaud the Committee's oversight and investigative work on the recent meningitis outbreak."

"It is not if this is going to happen again, it is when it is going to happen."

"I think there is a bipartisan trust on this committee and this subcommittee that can do that."

"We do think there is a true State-Federal partnership, and we do think that State regulatory authority is as good as Federal if it is within the State."