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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 know the gentleman thinks that is an excellent part of the bill, and it is an excellent part of the bill. Just as there are things that help his part of the country and his industry and his people, some of us think that some of the other…
My late father was a plant geneticist. He spent his entire career developing cotton plants and cotton seeds that could be used as food. I wish we would have had this research enabled when he was alive so he could have participated through…
I want the chairman and the ranking member to know that I disapprove of that. I will work strongly to change it at the appropriate time.
My concern and the pilots' concern is about qualification number two, ``the air carrier approves.'' They do not have and I do not have a problem with the air carriers being involved in the discussion about the terms of the Under Secretary…
I want to talk about the ability of our pilots to carry firearms in the cockpit. As I understand it, the section of the bill that deals with that is entitled ``Flight Deck Security'' and I am going to read what I think is the language: The…
No other State has done what California does in taking interstate pipeline and downsizing the diameter so they could call it an intrastate Hinshaw pipeline. There is only one State that has done that, and it is the great State of…
The recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday was unanimous, three Republicans, two Democrats; the old commissioners, the new commissioners. It is a price mitigation strategy that lets the market work, but it does not let any…
There is a train of thought that this would be a surrogate system to put the United States at a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis the rest of the world. Now, do not hold me specifically to these numbers, because I do not have some of my…
I have offered half of my liver. I am a little bit older than my brother, but I do not smoke and drink, so I am healthy, other than a lot of air miles back and forth to Texas. The problem with that is that his liver is so far gone and it…
My brother's attitude is such that he peps us up. It is amazing to me that here he is, because it is the liver cancer, he is very jaundiced and has difficulty moving now, and yet when we talk to him on the telephone or see him in person…
I will be happy to commit to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant) that I am planning to do a series of hearings on our energy policy in this country in the next month.
Section 157(a)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is entitled Regional Petroleum Reserve. It gives the strategic petroleum reserve plan. It shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Regional Petroleum Reserve in…
These governors support tax limitation, for one simple reason, it works. There are 14 States that have tax limitation, either constitutional requirements or legislative requirements; and in those 14 States, the Heritage Foundation did a…
If I were a permanent resident at my apartment in Arlington, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) would be my congressman. I get all his mailings. And he does an excellent job, so I want to commend him on this. I want to comment about…
Is there any truth to the rumor that the beavers are actually contract employees of the IRS?
If the gentleman will look under Article I, Section 9, he will see that it says, ``No capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.'' That prohibited…
To summarize, I appreciate the gentleman's clarification. I agree that EPA should not be stopped from fostering legitimate scientific research and balanced public debate on this issue because there is still much to be learned in this area…
I understand that there is more concern about the report language in this bill than the legislative language. There seems to be various interpretations of the report language.
Mr. Speaker, I wanted to rise in opposition to the Nadler amendment and, in addition to that, enter into a colloquy with the gentleman from Michigan. Mr. Knollenberg, I have read the various "Dear Colleague" letters that have been…
Well, we did check with Governor Bush in terms of Texas, we checked with the governors of Maine and Vermont, and they decided that they did not want to accept any amendments, because no other compact had been amended on the floor of the…
July 22, 1975, was a hot sultry day in Crockett, Texas. Early in the morning my wife woke me up and said, ``I think the time has come to take me to the hospital.'' We did, and, luckily, within an hour or two, we had a beautiful young baby…
I am totally unaware of that. I think it is a serious issue. I would ask my good friend from Colorado to ask me to his congressional district at a time and place of his convenience, and we will engage in as serious a debate as the…
If we go on down and look at these numbers again, it is very difficult to see from the Chamber, but if we had over $20,000 of net income, we paid an additional 1 percent. If we had over $50,000, we paid 2 percent. And it goes down. Then if…
We should require a national consensus to raise taxes, and we should require a two-thirds vote. Hopefully, the people that were polled in the poll that the gentleman alluded to will call their Congressmen and Congresswomen, and tomorrow we…
And it is my understanding, Mr. Speaker, that the gentleman has been on a number of national radio and television shows about this and has debated some opponents of it from time to time, as I have. Have you ever had one of the opponents…
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