Joe Barton

legislation like the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act that passed the House back in January which helps America harness our natural energy abundance by requiring DOE by law to act on pending LNG export applications in a timely…

I have been in Congress 21 years, and I have heard colleagues on both sides of the aisle constantly talk about the goal of making our country energy independent.

One point that I want to make is America is a trading county. We don't need to or should we get to zero imports before we export.

Increasing crude exports means increasing impacts on climate change, public health and safety, property owners, and our water supplies.

I think if you listen to the witnesses, especially my good friend, Ambassador Gandalovic from the Czech Republic, you will see the absolute positivism of repealing this ban.

We shouldn't embrace short-term gains without understanding the long-term costs of our decisions because we can't afford to get it wrong.

Let us look at a program, Ms.--that Ms. Castor and I are very supportive of, the Ace Kids Act.

Of course, those of us that are red, in that sense, you know, if they would listen to us more, we would have less of those people.

I rise with an extremely heavy heart to, once again, have to congratulate my good friend Mike Doyle, the manager of the Democratic baseball team, for another victory. It is sad, but true. Sad, but true. On June 11, the Republicans and the…

I want to thank leadership on both sides: our Speaker, John Boehner; our majority leader, Kevin McCarthy; and our whip, Steve Scalise, who played in the game. On their side, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, and Mr. Clyburn were all there. So both…

I have a list here of studies where they have looked at what would happen to the price in the United States at retail for gasoline, and... have all concluded that if we allowed our oil to be exported, there would be no increase in the…

If we let the producers have the option of putting that oil on the world market, the consumer in the United States could potentially benefit from the world price going down.

Put simply: this is unacceptable. Medicaid is supposed to provide our most vulnerable with vital medical services, but continued waste and fraud undermines this important goal.

I would say Moniz is money. So not superstar but money.

If you will send one of your crack aids to the Republican Study Committee Taskforce on Energy Seminar this afternoon, you will hear 4 or 5 experts all say that if we allow our oil to be exported, U.S. production will stabilize and probably…

Would you agree that if we were to let our domestic oil potentially be exported, that it would, at a minimum, keep prices from going up on world markets?

We need to allow for those differences at the legislative level, but also at the regulatory level at FERC.

If that is the case, as we are coming up with this national bill, do we have the responsibility to allow for regional differences in these standards and requirements?

Texas is an anomaly because of ERCOT. Two-thirds of our power generation and our consumption is intrastate, within the State, and is controlled by the State.

If we are going to shut down all these coal plants... we are going to have to replace them at some point in time with some other kind of plant.

I support the discussion draft's increased authority for the FERC if the FERC will use it.

I just want to say amen to the Governor of Maine. Move to Texas. We like your attitude.

Is it also not true that, if Mr. Simpson and Ms. Kaptur and their subcommittee and the full committee accepts this and works in good faith to actually implement it, that the subcommittee and the full committee can use these unobligated…

In reclaiming my time, we are trying to give money to the Federal Government that your subcommittee can use. It is a good amendment. I appreciate your support, Mr. Chairman. I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 0000

Is it not true there literally is an escrow account in Texas with $30 million in it that they wish to send to the Federal Government?