Joe Barton actually said...

"You can take a regulator to a problem, but you can't make it regulate."

"I think we ought to work on using the authority that we have, as opposed to trying to get additional authority at the Federal level."

"It is an absolute tragedy without any question that 32 people have died, and it is very unlikely that that is going to be the end of the death toll."

"I do not think is a fair and balanced playing field."