Joe Barton: “It boggles most people's minds when they look at this from a commonsense perspective and say why does the President…”

Before I yield to Dr. Burgess, I echo what Congresswoman Castor just said about the staffs that have worked so hard. We couldn't have done this bill without all the individuals she just named. I also thank her. When she said I have been…

I think it is a measure of President George H.W. Bush that we all think of him as a personal friend. It is literally true that he had tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of men and women who considered themselves personal…

My Texas pride doesn't need to be hurt by that, is what you are telling me.

If we did that and went to a pure market for ethanol, it would work.