Joe Barton

A combination of barriers, including, of course, the high cost of drug development and the small profit margins have helped to drive companies out of the anti-infectious space.

Mr. Chairman, we all understand that antibiotic resistant pathogens are a growing concern not only across the country, but across the globe.

I am the only other speaker left on my side, and I reserve the right to close. So I would yield to the gentleman from Utah or the gentlelady from New York if they wish to speak.

There is not even the facade of an attempt to say, this is what we think the health standards should be, which is the entire purpose of the Clean Air Act. And in this case, it is, again, nada, zip, nothing.

Well, bless their hearts.

Thank you. This is just out of curiosity.

If this regulation is implemented, Texas will bear a disproportionate share of the cost, 25 percent of the entire country's reductions has to be in Texas.

I don't buy the argument that you can close all these power plants and you are going to miraculously replace them.

I support the rights of States to have energy policies, but if you look at my home State of Texas, we have the highest economic growth in the country.

About 40 percent of all the jobs created in the U.S. since 2001 have been in the State of Texas.

Well, we say in Texas that we have created more jobs in the last 10 years than the rest of the country combined.

I think it is important, as the Republican side, to emphasize that we support the rights of States to have energy policies.

I have two pieces of legislation being discussed that I have been working diligently on: H.R. 3670, the Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014, and the LPTV and Translator Preservation Act of 2014.

Due to the many conversations that we have had with various stakeholders, it would be my intention that this bill does go to markup to offer an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

I do appreciate the opportunity. There are two bills that I have been actively engaged with that are the subject of this markup today.

This is a commonsense bill. It really is.

Representative Grace Meng and I have been working closely on H.R. 3670 to modernize the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009.

If the gentleman will allow me to be part of the process and inform me at such a time that it would be possible to offer an amendment or to work with you and the other body, I would certainly be more than willing to do that.

We are willing to bet some money on that for a little bit. In any event, charity was the big winner. As you pointed out, we set a record for money raised for the Washington Literacy Center; the Boys and Girls Club of Washington, D.C.; and…

And we get no credit for that in your proposal. None.

I mean, you know, the renewable standard for Texas is based on the energy renewable portfolio standard for Kansas.

Texas would end up with a new source performance standard that is below EPA's own standard.

Well, just as an example, are you aware of the fact that if Texas closed down every existing fossil fuel generation plant in the State, every one, every coal-fired plant, every natural gas plant in the State of Texas, that it would still…

My understanding that what you are attempting to propose is directed by a Presidential speech dated June 25, 2013.

I think it is allowed, but I don't see any statutory authority that demands these proposals.