Joe Barton: “What one person considers rationing, another might refer to as reducing excessive growth areas of Medicare.”

Every now and then, we have a day when it reminds us why we ran for Congress. Today is one of those days.

I helped lead the fight, and a lot of Members on the committee did, to repeal the ban on crude oil exports 3 or 4 years ago.

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

If we did that and went to a pure market for ethanol, it would work.