Joe Barton: “I can't tell you how excited I am to have this hearing. It's really exciting for me.”

Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?

I would repeal every existing regulation and law on oxygen and CAFE standards.

I was in Senate Chamber trying to prevent a hold on H.R. 7217. I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 434. ____________________

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