Joe Barton

I thank the gentleman. Before I yield to the Congressman from the Fourth District of Texas (Mr. Hall), let me read a few more comments into the Record from my Facebook page. This is from Kevin Jones: It hasn't hurt me yet, but it will. I…

I thank the gentleman from the Fourth District. I would point out to the Speaker that, yesterday, Congressman Hall was one of the Texas Congressmen who went to the World War II Memorial to make sure that our veterans on their honor flight…

I thank the gentleman from Florida. Mr. Speaker, I want to read a couple of more comments from my Facebook page that have come in in the last days. This is from a gentleman named Richard Lay: Since ObamaCare my insurance rates have gone…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan. Mr. Speaker, before I yield to the gentleman from Florida, I want to read two more comments into the record from my Facebook page. The first one is from Kevin Hussey, H-U-S-S-E-Y. Kevin says: It's…

Thank you, Congressman Weber. Before I yield to my friend from far north Texas, Mr. Benishek, of the First District of Michigan, I want to read into the Record a comment that I received on my Facebook page. Now, most of these comments are…

Well, I thank the gentleman from Oregon. I am not going to be demagogic. I certainly respect the comments of the gentleman from Oregon and the gentleman of California. I was actually going to pay the gentleman from California a compliment…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. DeFAZIO. It depends upon the topic. We're talking about locking hunters and fishers out of wildlife refuges and the impact on small communities across America, and the fact that it's essentially the Christmas…

How much time does the gentleman from New York control at this point in time? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 5 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Florida has 6 minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman from Houston. Mr. Speaker, last night we voted to go to conference with the other body. Our friends on the minority side opposed that. And the leadership in the other body refused to appoint conferees. This afternoon…

I thank the chairman of the Rules Committee as I rise in support of this resolution. Mr. Speaker, it is past midnight. Officially, the government is shut down. That is not a good thing, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat. We have…

If the Obama administration has this great Climate Change Action Plan, every one of these questions should be able to be answered in detail and in glowing terms.

We asked nine questions. We didn't get one straight answer. Are you trying to hide something?

I don't think that the people of the United States of America consider electricity to be a luxury good.

Now, Mr. Waxman has been asking this committee and the subcommittee to hold hearings on President Obama's climate change efforts all year long.

These are hardworking men and women who are out there trying to do jobs.

If you can't heat your home effectively in the wintertime... that can affect your health.

I want to welcome our two witnesses and give you the red badge of courage for showing up.

the laws that are on the books had no conceptual ability to foresee what is now happening in the marketplace.

By definition, regulation stifles innovation and I think by definition we can all assume that the more innovation we have in the telecommunication marketplace, the better off the country will be.

I really hope we can come up with a way to bring the regulatory scheme if we need one into the 21st century.

I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Murphy amendment, and I also want to say we should vote for that in conjunction with the gentleman from Georgia's amendment that was just heard…

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

the Obamacare will shatter not only our hard-earned benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class

I voted against this every time I could.

I hear small businessmen saying that they are not going to be able to provide the coverage.