Joe Barton: “All I am trying to do is keep my word to the House of Representatives when I stood on the floor and said these funds…”

“All I am trying to do is keep my word to the House of Representatives when I stood on the floor and said these funds would go for cancer treatment and research. I believe that. I still at this point in time think that was the most appropriate use, but our State leaders have decided otherwise. They have the legal authority to do so. I would just hope that between now and the conference, the subcommittee chairman will work with the ranking member to work with the Attorney General to see if there might be some way yet to rescind these funds.”