Joe Barton

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…

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…

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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

Let me say before I rise in support of this particular piece of legislation that if we want to have a debate on global warming, let the record show that the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States are at the lowest level since 1995…

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.

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

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 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.

I thank the gentlelady from Tennessee. You've seen the TV commercial about oil filters where somebody brings their car in, and they haven't had their oil changed, and the guy says, Well, they could have paid me before by changing the oil…

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

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.

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

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