Joe Barton: “Well, we did check with Governor Bush in terms of Texas, we checked with the governors of Maine and Vermont, and they…”

“Well, we did check with Governor Bush in terms of Texas, we checked with the governors of Maine and Vermont, and they decided that they did not want to accept any amendments, because no other compact had been amended on the floor of the House or the Senate previously when those compacts had been agreed to. So the conferees did strip out the Doggett amendment.”