Joe Barton

Putting a ban on crude oil exports at that time made some sense, to husband that resource as a strategic commodity.

We have a number of Members on this committee that probably weren't alive when we passed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975.

Ralph, we love you. We will miss you. You are a great guy. We will see you soon. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman. I now yield to the gentleman from Round Rock, Texas, the distinguished John Carter.

I want to thank you, Congressman. I now want to yield to the gentleman from the Fifth District in Dallas, Texas, the chairman of the Financial Services Committee, the Honorable Jeb Hensarling.

I thank the gentleman. I now want to yield to the Honorable Dana Rohrabacher from California's 48th District in Orange County.

I now yield to Randy Weber, the Congressman from the 14th District from Friendswood, Texas.

I would now like to yield to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, the gentlelady from Houston, Texas.

I now yield to the gentleman from the 14th District of Illinois, Congressman Hultgren.

I now yield to Mr. Blake Farenthold, the Congressman from Corpus Christi, Texas.

Now I yield to the distinguished Congressman from, I believe, Flower Mound, Texas, in Denton County, the Honorable Michael Burgess.

I thank the gentleman from Sugar Land. I now yield to Congressman Gene Green, who represents the Houston ship channel and the battleship Texas and other such notable Texas landmarks. Mr. Green.

Well, while the Bonnie and Clyde story is more fiction than fact--Ralph would have been pumping gas at the ripe old age of 8 or 9 years old for that to be true--the Ted Williams story is fact and is true.

There is no proof of that. I know the Congressman actually states it as a fact, but I have repeatedly asked him to prove it, and he has absolutely failed. So that is an urban myth of the Fourth Congressional District.

I want to thank you, Congressman Johnson. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Congressman from Fort Bend County, Sugar Land, Texas, a Navy pilot himself, as Ralph Hall was in World War II, the Honorable Pete Olson. {time} 1600

I thank Congressman Gohmert. I now yield to the gentlewoman that represents part of Dallas County in Dallas, Texas, the Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson, who comes from the same hometown as I do: Waco, Texas.

I want to thank you, Congressman. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Congressman from the First Congressional District, deep east Texas, the soft-spoken Congressman Louie Gohmert.

I want to thank the gentleman from Lubbock. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Congressman from the 25th Congressional District of Texas, Mr. Roger Williams. Under the newest configuration, he is the only Congressman to ever represent that…

Thank you, Congressman Johnson. Before I yield to Congresswoman Granger, I want to say that most of Ralph's Washington, D.C., staff is watching this. Janet Poppleton, Christopher Roper Schell, Leslie Coppler, Jessica Carter, Mitzyn De La…

In your opinion, if the next Congress significantly changes the Affordable Care Act, which I think we will, would you recommend that we maintain SCHIP as a separate program, or would it--would you recommend we fold it in with whatever we…

I look forward to working across the aisle to adopt common-sense policies that keep the CHIP program strong for the future and provide needed coverage to millions of kids.

This should be treated, I think, as a public health issue.

It is obvious that people are affected by it. It is very obvious that people are concerned by it.

However, despite these advances, there is still more work that needs to be done.

I am glad that Congress has been a true leader in this arena.