Joe Barton: “We shouldn't embrace short-term gains without understanding the long-term costs of our decisions because we can't afford…”

I think that Mr. Flores and Mr. Shimkus have done a very good job in trying to patch together a compromise bill that's good politics.

I am a little bit skeptical if we are doing this simply because we don't like natural gas power, we don't like coal power, we don't like nuclear power, because that would be an added cost that somebody's got to bear.

I would repeal every existing regulation and law on oxygen and CAFE standards.

Every now and then, we have a day when it reminds us why we ran for Congress. Today is one of those days.