Joe Barton: “I am damn angry that I and 700,000 Texans I represent have been misled, misled, and misled.”

This is a really, really good bill. I hope we have a great hearing.

It is always good to have hearings like this to try to, through bipartisan basis, get facts on the table.

Before I yield to Dr. Burgess, I echo what Congresswoman Castor just said about the staffs that have worked so hard. We couldn't have done this bill without all the individuals she just named. I also thank her. When she said I have been…

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