Joe Barton said...

I want to appreciate you and Chairman Walden honoring your word at the markup where this bill was not marked up, but you...

My Texas pride doesn't need to be hurt by that, is what you are telling me.

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

I helped lead the fight, and a lot of Members on the committee did, to repeal the ban on crude oil exports 3 or 4 years ...