Joe Barton

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.

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

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…

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.

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

I yield to Mr. Smith, the chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

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.

I thank the distinguished chairman of the Rules Committee. First of all, let's try to define what this bill actually does. We have had a lot of rhetoric on the House floor the last 30 minutes or so. It is a pretty simple bill. It removes…

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The Congress is not spoofing when we say we are going to do something about those individuals that do try to spoof the American public. As has been pointed out, we passed a law back in, actually, it was the 2009 act, but we passed it in…

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.

Thank you. This is just out of curiosity.

Well, bless their hearts.

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.