Joe Barton actually said...

"So if they come out with this regulation where we cannot even build a new coal power plant, even though the new plant emissions are much lower than the old plants, and then if they go further and star..."

"The President says himself that he is for 'all of the above' and yet, frequently, in his Administration, that absolutely is not the case."

"I will never forget then-Secretary of Energy Chu made the statement that coal is his worst nightmare."

"The Department of Energy in my view should not treat conventional energy and renewable energy as an either/or proposition."