Joe Barton

I don't have anybody coming to me saying that they can't wait for the Affordable Care Act to be implemented.

I think that Barack Obama is flat wrong on this issue and that the American people are going to suffer.

I hope that since we, this morning, passed an SGR fix that nobody thought could happen, this could be two in a row if we can pass a high-level waste bill out of this committee.

We have spent $15 billion and... trying to get value for the taxpayer dollars and the ratepayer dollars that have been spent on that facility.

I postulate that my State of Texas might actually offer to compete.

I am a strong supporter of Yucca.

I thank the gentleman. Madam Chair, this is not about how sincere the NSA people are in implementing this technique. It is not about how careful they are. It is whether they have the right to collect the data in the first place on every…

I think with all the good intentions in the past, basic principle is when all else fails, go back to basic principles, which is let the market operate.

We have an Obama--presidential administration and President Obama that is constitutionally required to implement all the laws.

The President's signature law is not ready for primetime.

I would hope that this subcommittee and the full committee goes beyond breach notification law.

I think in your questions, Mr. Chairman, we established the panel does support a federal standard for notification.

Hopefully under your leadership, Mr. Chairman, and Mr. Upton's leadership at the full committee, we will pass something in this committee, on the floor and get the other body to take it up.

It would appear to be obvious that we need a federal bill instead of a patchwork of State bills, and I would agree with what Congresswoman Schakowsky said, that a federal bill should be a baseline bill and not a bill that limits the States.

I fail to see how more openness and transparency, which is primarily what these two bills do... I see that as a positive.

I'm told you have all kinds of time, so I will not yield, but I appreciate you wanting to ask me to.

I think the Pompeo bill is a good step forward.

It is always good when honesty breaks out here at the subcommittee.

The legal authority to delay was based on the administrative authority under Section 7805(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The current law, as it is, is unworkable and unsustainable, and I support total and full repeal.

So if they come out with this regulation where we cannot even build a new coal power plant, even though the new plant emissions are much lower than the old plants, and then if they go further and start regulating existing plants, then…

We have been waiting for nearly five years for federal approval of Keystone XL.

We are the world's largest producer of natural gas.

I have my 7-year-old son, Jack, with me this week. As we walked on the floor, he asked me, ``Daddy, why is that trophy on that desk?'' And I said, ``Well, son, they won the game last night.'' So I rise in reluctant recognition of the fact…

Can you assure me that you and the Department will stand by American workers and American businesses, support the Jones Acts and the related American jobs?