Joe Barton: “I support Loan Guarantee Programs for alternative energy.”

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

If we did that and went to a pure market for ethanol, it would work.

Before Congressman Hensarling leaves, I just want to commend him for his service and tell him what a privilege it has been for me to serve with him and to know him as a friend. We are both retiring, and we are both, so far as I know, going…

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