Joe Barton

Let us not forget that the President himself said he wanted to see electricity prices skyrocket.

Today I don't, and the reason is, because 7 years ago wind was an emerging technology.

I supported the inclusion from the Ways and Means Committee of the wind credit that you talked about.

We will continue to fight for increased leasing on Federal lands and a streamlined permitting process.

The administration continues to reject the Keystone XL pipeline expansion project.

Achieving North American oil independence won't cost the American people a single dime.

I believe that wind power is now a conventional source and a mature industry.

Some of the opponents of our current market-based energy policy keep harping on the fact of the scarcity issue.

This is protecting our nuclear material. It has top priority.

I would assume that we would have a security system at a weapons complex or an enrichment facility that if anybody got within 10 feet of the first fence, alarms would start going off.

Let us assume that we actually had good security. What would have happened had it been discovered that these three individuals were trying to get in the facility?

I do thank you for bringing up the inadequacies of our security system.

If there is ever a time for more aggressive oversight, this is it.

These safety and security incidents show very clearly the need for strong and robust oversight from this committee and others of security issues at our nuclear facilities.

It is difficult to see for these grants that they are required by law or necessary or what the compelling public need is, at least for American citizens.

Taxpayer dollars should be spent on projects that have an obvious benefit to the American people and these foreign grants do little, if anything, to benefit Americans.

It is difficult for me to see the value of EPA providing taxpayer funding grants to organizations and governments outside the United States for things such as 'good governance capacity-building' in Jordan or 'regulatory dialogue' on…

The economy is still struggling, although it is somewhat better, this Congress is facing some of the most difficult spending decisions in our history.

The Accountability in Grants Act would prohibit any more American tax dollars from being used under Section 103 of the Clean Air Act for purposes outside of the U.S.

There have been tens of thousands of wells in Colorado that have used hydraulic fracturing to increase their productivity, and we can't find anywhere in Colorado a single example of the actual process of fracturing that has polluted…

I do think Dr. Burgess has a good idea here. If we can work with the community so it is not two to two, we may have a bill that actually goes somewhere.

If it were allowed to be sold, it would be around $20?

I just carry around Bobby Rush-is-my-friend cards and I have never had a problem on the streets of Chicago.

This is a hell of a way to do business.

I don't think this committee is going to afford the relief that quite frankly our agriculture community needs.