Joe Barton: “if the President wants to meet with Al Gore about global warming, that is not a national security issue.”

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

I helped lead the fight, and a lot of Members on the committee did, to repeal the ban on crude oil exports 3 or 4 years ago.

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

It is voluntary on a State basis.