Joe Barton: “Is there any truth to the rumor that the beavers are actually contract employees of the IRS?”

There's a saying that a lot of us use quite a bit. It's called no good deed goes unpunished.

I think that Mr. Flores and Mr. Shimkus have done a very good job in trying to patch together a compromise bill that's good politics.

It is not complicated if you are an elected member of Congress and all of a sudden Medicare recipients start showing up at their town, town hall.

I can't tell you how excited I am to have this hearing. It's really exciting for me.