Joe Barton

We just met with Mr. Trump this morning. He sends greetings to his fellow New Yorker, Mr. Engel.

I want to commend the committee staff, both the majority and minority.

Ms. Castor has been indefatigable--it's a big word for a Texan--in her support of this legislation.

The outcome of this hearing is real important.

You have killed the coal industry, basically. Killed it.

To protect public health and the environment, implementing the laws that Congress has passed.

To his credit, President Obama said he wanted to do.

But I think the methane emissions rules would be very bad for the oil and gas industry in Texas...

I supported it then. I was ranking member when they passed the 2007 Energy Bill that greatly expanded it, and I have vehemently opposed the expansion in committee and on the floor.

it is our job to pass a law and yours to implement it.

Well, the point I am trying to make is the estimates that were used when we passed the expanded RFS in 2007 were gasoline volumes and diesel volumes going up, and in fact they are not.

I won't take nearly that much time. This motion authorizes a conference on S. 2012. This is a bill that will update our national energy policy. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the…

The Affordable Care Act is not the health reform this country needed. In fact, I believe it is a setback.

The number one complaint people have about health care is the rising cost.

We need better options so patients can truly own a plan of their choosing on the individual market.

More government bureaucracy, regulations, and spending never successfully reduced the price of health care.

we are tying them to a monitor that they may never have been around.

Can I tell the difference? If I breathe air right now, can I tell the difference between 70 parts per billion and 75 parts per billion?

I want to be clear, I am not trying to ask the FCC to shut down the Internet but I do think that in an open society you can strike a balance between openness and protecting the public good.

NNSA was a management experiment gone wrong.

It makes it very difficult to ask her tough questions when she is so polite and receptive to my input.

I thank the gentleman. I appreciate being one of the eulogists for Mike Oxley. I am going to go at this a little bit differently than the other speakers. I am going to talk about Mike Oxley as the baseball player and manager of the…

Six years ago, I co-authored, along with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.

I wish that Congresswoman Eshoo was a member of the subcommittee because, while I know a little bit about this, Anna is really the expert on this issue.

We all agree that it is important for FDA to get it right, but most of us think it is also time for FDA to get on down the road.