Joe Barton actually said...

"I have introduced a bill that would repeal the current ban on crude oil exports."

"I am pleased that we are beginning our discussions with an area I believe we can all embrace and that is jobs and the economy."

"My bill is a very simple bill. It is a page long. It repeals the ban on crude oil exports that was first established back in 1975."

"If we were to repeal the ban on crude oil exports, we would allow U.S. producers to sell their oil to any willing buyer whether it was domestic or foreign."