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.

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

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…

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

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

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.

We are here to honor a Texas legend in his own time, the Honorable Kent Hance of Dimmitt, Texas, some of us Aggies would put an ``a'' instead of an ``i.'' But Kent was born in west Texas and he, as has already been pointed out, got elected…

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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.