I don't normally admit to that up here in Washington, since I am a conservative Republican.
Joe Barton
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Joe Barton is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 6th congressional district from 1985 to 2019. During his tenure, Barton served as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping energy policy and telecommunications legislation. He was known for his advocacy of fossil fuel interests and his support for deregulation in the energy sector.
Our Congressman Carter from Georgia was just, rightfully so, complaining about Superfund site in his district that apparently nothing has been done on in 22 years.
One of the things that now Senator, then Congressman, Ed Markey, and I worked on 10 or 15 years ago was the creation of a northeast gasoline reserve in fuel oil reserve.
I don't know whether to congratulate you on progress or to commiserate with you on regression, but I am glad to see you.
Mr. Speaker, I am one of the few Members that was here back in 1986 when we had the last major tax cut before this body. The President was Ronald Reagan and the Speaker of the House was Tip O'Neill. They worked together on a bipartisan…
Mr. Davis just said, CMS has announced that they're going to reverse their earlier policy and assign a separate HCPCS code for each biosimilar rather than have a single payment rate.
I want to thank Karen Harbert for her help in passing the repeal of the ban on crude oil exports.
Congratulations on your chairmanship. You follow me, Fred Upton, Gregg Walden, and when we were in the minority, John Dingell, Bart Stupak.





