Joe Barton actually said...

"I would like to thank my friend Ed Whitfield and his subcommittee's tireless efforts to break the administration's four-year long impasse and approve Keystone XL."

"It boggles most people's minds when they look at this from a commonsense perspective and say why does the President continue to say no to Keystone?"

"I don't think it is a secret that I am a proponent and supporter of the Keystone pipeline, so it is somewhat redundant for me to ask too many questions."

"I would hope that we would schedule a vote and bring it to the floor and let's get it out of committee and get to the floor and have a vote and send it to the Senate."