Joe Barton: “I am supportive, but my understanding is that the gentleman from Arizona is going to be nonsupportive.”

We are just trying to adopt the SPR to the modern situation.

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 helped lead the fight, and a lot of Members on the committee did, to repeal the ban on crude oil exports 3 or 4 years ago.

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