Joe Barton: “I want to compliment the non-committee congressmen and women that are here. They don't have to be here.”

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.

Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?

It doesn't change the basic mission statement. It doesn't change the authorized level of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

It is voluntary on a State basis.