Joe Barton: “reclaiming my time, if it is never resolved, we have barred one former Member in the history of the Nation from ever…”

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.

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.

It is not complicated if you are an elected member of Congress and all of a sudden Medicare recipients start showing up at their town, town hall.