Joe Barton: “Texas is an anomaly because of ERCOT. Two-thirds of our power generation and our consumption is intrastate, within the…”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you, sir, for appearing voluntarily without subpoena and standing or sitting there all by yourself.

That's hard to stomach. We wouldn't be having this discussion if there wasn't a general agreement that your company has discriminated against conservatives, most of whom happen to be Republican.

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.

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