Joe Barton: “The importance of congressional oversight cannot be overstated.”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you, sir, for appearing voluntarily without subpoena and standing or sitting there all by yourself.

I thank the gentlewoman from Michigan for her kind words. I appreciate the nice gift I got yesterday from her and her husband, his new book, ``The Dean.'' I look forward to reading it over Christmas. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the…

It's obvious that, to me, anyway, this program is being abused.

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