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.
even with the best of intentions the FDA still thinks they know better than the--than the doctor who's treating the patient.
But my brother died of liver cancer and they tried all the conventional therapies in the world on him and it just wasn't working.
if your doctor comes to the decision that all reasonable conventional therapeutic efforts have been exhausted in trying to protect your life and is willing to state that, and if the patient is willing to forego any legal lawsuit claims…
Does this great new world that everybody is alluding to work in a regulated State?
Hopefully, it won't take us 45 years to move the bill, Mr. Chairman, and we can have a bill-signing ceremony.
I mean, again, somebody in your agency has known for a long, long time this is a problem; a long, long time.
Don't you think somebody at some point in time in your position, or somebody who reports to you, could have said maybe we need a few more people; maybe we need a lot of people; maybe we need to change the rules; maybe you don't need…
I mean--this--when you are trying to find a cure for cancer and all the other great things, I don't know that this is the most important priority at the FDA.
Texas has an open access market system in ERCOT. We deregulated our power generation.
Mr. Speaker, today is the 19th anniversary, if you can call it an anniversary, of a shooting in the United States Capitol in which two Capitol Police officers, Officer Chestnut and Detective Gibson, were killed. They were defending the…





