Joe Barton actually said...

"A combination of barriers, including, of course, the high cost of drug development and the small profit margins have helped to drive companies out of the anti-infectious space."

"There is not even the facade of an attempt to say, this is what we think the health standards should be, which is the entire purpose of the Clean Air Act. And in this case, it is, again, nada, zip, no..."

"If this regulation is implemented, Texas will bear a disproportionate share of the cost, 25 percent of the entire country's reductions has to be in Texas."

"Well, bless their hearts."