Joe Barton actually said...

"Not everybody is totally happy, but everybody had input."

"I find it disingenuous for the Federal Government and in particular the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to think that they are the only ones that can do this e..."

"Is it the Federal Government, top-down, or is it the people in the States, bottom-up?"

"As I read the Constitution, it starts with three words, 'We, the people,' which means the power comes from God to the people."