Joe Barton: “I want to thank Chairwoman Bono Mack for having this hearing.”

It is always good to have hearings like this to try to, through bipartisan basis, get facts on the table.

I was very heartened by the opening comments of Mr. Rush and Mr. Pallone.

I want to thank Congressman Rush for working with me as one of the two lead bipartisan sponsors.

It is my honor to introduce to the House of Representatives the new Congressman for the 27th Congressional District of Texas, the Honorable Michael Cloud. Michael is a husband and a father. His wife and three children are either in the…