Joe Barton actually said...

nowhere in the law, nowhere in the definitions does it say that that program is to subsidize the loss of principle.

Barton argues that the program is not meant to cover principal losses.

11/16/2011

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We have an abundance of oil and natural gas in this country.

Mr. Johnson's bill is simply an acknowledgment of that and says let's use this economic resource that we have to benefit the rest of the wor...

This country has been so blessed with natural resources, and then doubly blessed with an economic system based on freedom and free markets.

We repealed the crude oil ban. As I speak today, we are exporting about 2 million barrels of oil per day.