Joe Barton

The audacity of this proposal is so breathtaking that--in and of itself, it is a health hazard because it literally takes my breath away.

Our opportunity or responsibility on the committee is to provide for the general welfare, and in doing that, get the facts on the table so that people can have faith that the products that your company produces are safe.

I think you are asking a false question. The Internet is open.

Let us don't throw the baby out with the bath water, because we still want to--if we are going to get a revision, it needs to be something that will work in the real world.

I have some unease that maybe they are going too far to the left, quite frankly.

What gives the world community faith in the Internet is that they know they have the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government behind it.

I wish we had a copy of that to show school children what America is all about.

I believe that transparency is imperative during this process, and I am happy to be an original cosponsor of the DOTCOM Act of 2014.

Last year, the House unanimously passed H.R. 1580 declaring it the policy of the United States to preserve and advance the multi-stakeholder model that governs the Internet.

We have the advantage, as a subcommittee, that we know now what happened in the past.

If a part doesn't meet the specification, why in the world would you not refuse it and only accept a part that meets the specification?

We try to approach them on behalf of the American people in a non-partisan, very open way.

Well, again, with due--that is not an acceptable answer, I think, to the American people.

I mean, I just don't understand that. I have never worked in an auto assembly environment.

This is probably the last major investigation that this subcommittee and full committee is going to conduct where we have the services of Mr. Dingell and Mr. Waxman.

Is it safe to assume that the geopolitical considerations that Mr. Rush has talked about, and Mr. Shimkus talked about, are reasons to approve LNG exports?

I would hope the answer to that question would be no.

There is one minor point, they also all have to be built, and they are not all going to be built.

I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of H.R. 6, along with Congressman Gardner from Colorado.

I think it is imperative that we reauthorize it again this year, since it expires at the end of December this year.

It is completely reasonable to suggest, as Ranking Member Eshoo would also agree, that these outdated laws be updated over time.

I see what is going on in Pakistan today, and even if we get those lines across Afghanistan to provide power, I don't believe that government has what it takes to collect the revenues needed to sustain a big energy economy.

I believe that alternative energy sources like wind power and in some cases small hydro is the way to go.

I actually support a lot of what you said about in these developing nations a baseline power grid system like we have in the United States is not the most efficient means of providing power in these developing countries.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not a registered professional engineer anymore.