Joe Barton: “The Keystone pipeline should have been approved years ago.”

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.

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

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.

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