Joe Barton: “I supported the inclusion from the Ways and Means Committee of the wind credit that you talked about.”

I think it's good to have this and I think it's very good that we try to work to tighten up and, as the gentlelady just said, let's determine what the real intent is and then legislate accordingly.

There's a saying that a lot of us use quite a bit. It's called no good deed goes unpunished.

It doesn't change the basic mission statement. It doesn't change the authorized level of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

But I also think I speak for the majority and the minority that we hope that this is something that can move reasonably expeditiously and that means actually end up in a bill the President signs in this Congress.