Well, while the Bonnie and Clyde story is more fiction than fact--Ralph would have been pumping gas at the ripe old age of 8 or 9 years old for that to be true--the Ted Williams story is fact and is true.
Joe Barton
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Joe Barton is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 6th congressional district from 1985 to 2019. During his tenure, Barton served as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping energy policy and telecommunications legislation. He was known for his advocacy of fossil fuel interests and his support for deregulation in the energy sector.
I would now like to yield to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, the gentlelady from Houston, Texas.
I now yield to Randy Weber, the Congressman from the 14th District from Friendswood, Texas.
I thank the gentleman. I now yield to the gentleman from Round Rock, Texas, the distinguished John Carter.
I thank the gentleman. May I inquire how much time I have remaining, Mr. Speaker? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 8 minutes remaining.
Mr. Speaker, we have had a number of Congressmen come on the House floor and tell anecdotes about Ralph, about how funny he was and how smart he was, and they are all--at least the ones about how smart he was--very true. We have heard the…
I thank the gentleman from Sugar Land. I now yield to Congressman Gene Green, who represents the Houston ship channel and the battleship Texas and other such notable Texas landmarks. Mr. Green.
I want to thank the gentleman from Lubbock. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Congressman from the 25th Congressional District of Texas, Mr. Roger Williams. Under the newest configuration, he is the only Congressman to ever represent that…
Now I yield to the distinguished Congressman from, I believe, Flower Mound, Texas, in Denton County, the Honorable Michael Burgess.
Mr. Speaker, I yield to the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Upton.
I want to thank you, Congressman. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Congressman from the First Congressional District, deep east Texas, the soft-spoken Congressman Louie Gohmert.





