Joe Barton actually said...

"This is government-supported addiction. It is not moving people to sobriety."

"We have to shut down 45 percent of our existing coal-fired power plants; two of which are in my old congressional district."

"I believe in states' rights. New York doesn't want to allow hydraulic fracturing, so they don't."

"I think that is a good thing. I believe in states' rights."