Joe Barton

It was an excessively high number of waivers. It took jobs from American maritime industries, American cargo vessels.

The law is vital to our Nation's economic and national security because it supports the core maritime industries of our country, American shipbuilding and American jobs.

Decent is good. There are other D words that I could use that are not good, but decent is good.

The Department of Energy in my view should not treat conventional energy and renewable energy as an either/or proposition.

I will never forget then-Secretary of Energy Chu made the statement that coal is his worst nightmare.

The President says himself that he is for 'all of the above' and yet, frequently, in his Administration, that absolutely is not the case.

I want to thank the chairman for his willingness to work with me. Before I yield back, I just want to let the country know that when Texas is working, we get our job done a lot quicker than when Louisiana is arguing. With that, I yield…

I want to commend you and the full committee chairman for starting this process.

I don't think Mr. Pitts or Mr. Upton or any of the Republicans are unwilling to sit down and help clarify, to use your term, what needs to be done.

We do think there is a true State-Federal partnership, and we do think that State regulatory authority is as good as Federal if it is within the State.

I think there is a bipartisan trust on this committee and this subcommittee that can do that.

It is not if this is going to happen again, it is when it is going to happen.

I applaud the Committee's oversight and investigative work on the recent meningitis outbreak.

I think it is pretty obvious to neutral observers that the facts do indicate that the FDA had authority that it refused or chose not to use in the situation that we are investigating.

These 3 bills to me look like common-sense efforts to reform and improve CERCLA.

When you start seeing a culture of anti-conservative attitude by the Obama Administration, it raises very troubling questions.

If it is government information and you are going to give it free to one side, you ought to be able to also provide it free to the other

It seems like at the EPA the same thing is happening where liberals get a pass.

I was on the phone a little bit earlier. My hometown was hit by a tornado last night, and my staff was downtown and giving me a report on the damage. We had millions of dollars of damage.

Together, we benefit knowing the safety and security of our energy supply will not be subject to the whims of adversaries seeking to use energy as a political weapon.

The positive effects are being felt both in the U.S. and abroad, and this is just the beginning.

The increase in oil and gas development is strengthening our economy here at home by supporting nearly 9 million jobs.

I support American energy exports because I support free markets and free trade.

If you believe in free markets this is a win-win.

We think over 2,000 trillion feet of natural gas resides beneath our lands in the United States.