Joe Barton actually said...

"I see what is going on in Pakistan today, and even if we get those lines across Afghanistan to provide power, I don't believe that government has what it takes to collect the revenues needed to sustai..."

"I actually support a lot of what you said about in these developing nations a baseline power grid system like we have in the United States is not the most efficient means of providing power in these d..."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not a registered professional engineer anymore."

"If only we were still a republic."