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Joe Barton

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Joe Barton is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 6th congressional district from 1985 to 2019. During his tenure, Barton served as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping energy policy and telecommunications legislation. He was known for his advocacy of fossil fuel interests and his support for deregulation in the energy sector.

Sep 21, 2016

I personally think we could repeal the CAFE standards in their entirety.

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Sep 14, 2016

I simply want to say thank you for your service to the country. You've always been available to the members of the committee.

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Sep 14, 2016

I think it is doing very well and I am very happy that we have brought balance to the world oil markets by repealing the ability of our domestic producers to export.

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Sep 14, 2016

I think it would be worthwhile to look at privatizing.

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Sep 13, 2016

There is a couple words that come to mind--negligence, incompetence.

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Sep 13, 2016

the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, is fundamentally flawed. It can't be fixed and is imposing unsustainable, ever-increasing costs on Americans including my western New York constituents.

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Sep 6, 2016

I foresee real difficulties. I can't fit them together. I don't know how that is going to work.

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Sep 6, 2016

We are going to have base load supply problems in Texas in the next 4 or 5 years.

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Sep 6, 2016

I think there is work to be done on a bipartisan basis if we want to.

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Sep 6, 2016

I have never had a question at a townhall meeting about an ISO or an RTO or any of the things that we have to do to make the system work.

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Sep 6, 2016

Second, you have to have a transmission system that has adequate capacity to deliver that supply.

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