Joe Barton actually said...

"Taxpayer dollars should be spent on projects that have an obvious benefit to the American people and these foreign grants do little, if anything, to benefit Americans."

"It is difficult to see for these grants that they are required by law or necessary or what the compelling public need is, at least for American citizens."

"There have been tens of thousands of wells in Colorado that have used hydraulic fracturing to increase their productivity, and we can't find anywhere in Colorado a single example of the actual process..."

"I don't see any real prospect of getting relief through the Montreal Protocol."