Jan 24, 2011
I just want to make one nonscientific comment. I flew this morning from DFW Airport up to Reagan Airport to attend this session of Congress. The DFW area is home to approximately 3 million people, to a number of power plants, lots of…
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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.
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Jan 24, 2011
Thank you, Congressman Carter. And I want to thank you and Congressman Gohmert and some of the other Texans who may have been here before I got here. I have been at a Young Guns dinner, which is why I'm late. But I did not want to fail to…
Jan 24, 2011
If the gentleman would yield, common sense, we are beginning the redistributing process now, and the State of Texas is going to gain four additional congressional seats which means our population between 2000 and 2010 has increased…
Jan 24, 2011
If the gentleman would yield for another question, name a State that has one of the more rigid, restrictive, so- called protective environmental regulatory schemes in the Nation?
Jan 24, 2011
I want to keep reiterating, air quality in Texas is improving. It is improving. The Clean Air Act gives the Federal Government, through the Environmental Protection Agency, the right to preempt States when the States either don't implement…
Jan 24, 2011
Those of us who support this initiative support it because we believe you can have improving air quality and improving water quality and increase jobs and economic output. It is not an either/or. It can be a win/win. But if we adopt the…
Jan 19, 2011
I thank the gentleman and look forward to working with him as the chairman of the committee. Mr. Speaker, before I begin to discuss health care, I would like to say that our prayers continue to go out to Congresswoman Giffords in Arizona…
Jan 12, 2011
Otherwise, I think it makes the best case possible based on a reasonable interpretation, supported by the restructuring policy arguments.
Jan 6, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I know we have a new protocol for recognizing former Members who have passed away. Is it appropriate under our rules to have a moment of silence for Judge Vandergriff? And if so, how would I request such a moment of silence…
Jan 6, 2011
So it would not be appropriate at this time? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is correct, and the gentleman's time has expired. ____________________
Jan 6, 2011
Mr. Speaker, Judge Tom Vandergriff was a Member of the House of Representatives from January 1982 until December 1984. He was defeated for reelection in November of 1984 by Dick Armey, moved back to Texas, and switched parties from the…
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