Joe Barton

Then right underneath that, we are talking about administration, penalties, enforcement and preemption on efficiency standard for appliances. After that paragraph I just read, then you go back and just out of the blue, it says, ``In…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mike Rogers) is recognized.

But we are going to have two votes? The Acting CHAIRMAN. All time for debate will be consumed now.

Could I ask a parliamentary inquiry. Before we go to the gentleman from Michigan, when it comes time to vote, are we going to vote on the Rogers amendment to the Johnson amendment, and then if it is amended, we will vote on the Johnson…

At any time. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) is recognized.

I rise in mild opposition to the Johnson amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) is recognized for 5 minutes.

Current law authorizes direct broadcast satellite operators, such as DirecTV and EchoStar, to provide the signals of distant broadcast network stations to a consumer who cannot receive an over-the-air signal from the local network…

I am not opposed to the underlying substance of the amendment. My objection is to the procedure, and the way in which it has come forward in order to implement it in its current configuration would cause a major problem down the road in…

I think the policies in the bill are a fair compromise between those who think all stock options should be expensed and those who think no stock options should be expensed. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Oxley) and the gentleman from…

Mr. Speaker, this bill which has been called a mishmash is the most comprehensive package of energy legislation that has been on the floor of the House of Representatives in almost 50 years. It touches on all aspects of energy production…

I share the frustration that the gentleman has with the other body. If we could work together to get Members from the other body on both sides of the aisle to vote for cloture, and as the gentleman well knows, regardless of who controls…

I also understand that the renewable fuels definition under section 1501 of the conference report includes ethanol tertiary-butyl ether, or ETBE.

Does the gentleman know anybody in west Texas, in his district, that thinks that dirt that gets wet is a pollutant? Wet dirt caused by rain raining on the drilling site, is there anybody in west Texas that thinks that is a pollutant, wet…

But they are not actually using any of those fluids in the site preparation? They are not doing a test run where they put those kinds of fluids in?

In my District, we are going into old fields and trying to extend the life of those fields, and on occasion, believe it or not, they do scrape up $10- or $15-, $50,000, get a lease, go out and actually try to drill a new well. It does…

This is not about changing the goal post at all. The same standard is in effect. We are not changing the standard. We are simply saying if they are trying to comply, and one of the reasons they are not in technical compliance is because of…

I think that agreement that the gentleman alluded to in the Constitution was one of the biggest mistakes in the Constitution.

I strongly object to directive language being placed within H. Rept. 108-235 since this language has not been subject to regular order and process in the committee of jurisdiction.

Mr. Chairman, the Dingell substitute is not a substitute. It may be well intentioned where it does address, but out of 10 titles, it addresses 1½ titles of the electricity title. We should reject it and adopt the compromise bipartisan…

When I was growing up in Texas, one of the things I thought about being was an astronaut. But there are so few that not many of us get to actually have that kind of a dream. This past Saturday, six American citizens and one Israeli citizen…

Is it the gentleman's intention that once we adjourn for this week or weekend, that we do not come back until the next Congress?

In the bill that is on the floor, section 128, which has the section that the gentleman was alluding to that would give TSA the authority to do the rule, it is repealed.

I think this is a good bill. The provider part of it is almost universally supported. I think the prescription drug benefit is a good start. I think it could be improved. I would like at some point in time to have the ability to offer the…

We want to go to conference and work on a bipartisan basis for an energy policy. The Committee on Energy and Commerce... passed this bill 50 to 5... We are the 'happy face' committee. We want to go to conference with the other body and…

Reclaiming my time, we will stipulate that the gentleman's coal is clean. We might want to point out that coal in general has sizably larger emissions of VOCs than some of my dirty natural gas. It is about 95 percent, maybe 96 percent…