Joe Barton

Well, the former chairman, the ranking member now. When I think of Paul Gillmor, I think of two words, ``team player.'' Earlier this year, when the Republicans lost the majority, we had to downsize the number of Republicans on the Energy…

And I may not be in opposition. I want to ask the distinguished author: these grants that would be established if the program were to be established, would they be granted on a competitive basis?

If this is the energy amendment of the decade, what happened to the Markey-Boehlert amendment on CAFE in the last Congress, or the pending Markey amendment on CAFE in this Congress, or the amendment on ANWR in the last Congress, or the…

In the brief time I have, I want to make one correction. I said the OCS provision was for natural gas drilling outside of 100 miles. I have been informed it would also include oil. Again, in the interest of informed consent, it would allow…

And I do not oppose it. I think it's one of the best amendments that's been offered. Anything we can do to help. This is obviously something that needs to be done. Not only van pooling but car pooling, also. And the more emphasis we can…

I just want to ask the two authors a few questions. Is there anything in this amendment that might have the unintended effect of slowing the process down even further of getting these regulations in place?

I am only in mild opposition to this, but I am in opposition. I don't really think we need this particular study. It seems to be duplicative. It wouldn't be the worst amendment ever adopted on the House floor, if it were to be adopted, but…

in closing, let me simply say that the Energy Policy Act requires that you go through the State siting process first, including going through the State court system first. If you have a problem there, you then have to get the Department of…

It would be an open process with criteria, and all comers would get to submit an application and then a merit-based review of those applications?

I have only been in the House for 23 years, so I guess I am still in some ways still a novice, but I have never seen anything like last night. When you look up on that board over there and over there, it says ``215-213 final,'' that's it…

We are for authorization of the SCHIP legislation. We are for covering low-income and near-low-income children so they have health care benefits. We are for making sure that the States that are out of funding receive additional funds…

I want to recapitulate the debate as I see it today and start off, as I've already said, with what the Republicans are for. We are for reauthorization of the SCHIP program. This program has been in existence for 10 years. It is a block…

I understand the rules that we are operating under, and I am totally supportive of Mr. Gingrey's amendment on the Ag appropriations bill. I listened with interest to my committee chairman, Mr. Dingell, earlier when he rose to speak about…

I think the majority is embarrassed to have the question answered. I think the majority knows that we were not given the bill within the 36-hour window. We weren't even given it within a 12-hour window.

I support the Gingrey amendment just like I supported the McHenry amendment. I also believe that we should use as close an approximation of an open and fair process on the SCHIP reauthorization as we are using on the pending appropriations…

I appreciate that gentleman's comment. But my response to the distinguished chairman of the full Appropriations Committee is, you've got to pick up your buckets where you stand. And this is our only forum. I'm told that the Rules Committee…

this is an unfortunate day. Today, here on the floor of the House of Representatives, we are witnessing a blatant disregard for sound policy, fiscal restraint, and due process by the Majority Leadership. The Farm Bill that we are debating…

today, we honor the memory and celebrate the life of former First Lady, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson, and the contributions she has given to the people of a country she so dearly loved. I had the privilege of knowing Lady Bird…

I want to point out in the brief time that the gentleman from California still has, the Barton amendment doesn't lessen funding for this; it doesn't change the total amount of dollars at all. It simply protects the agreed-upon compromise…

In the reauthorization bill that was carefully negotiated on both sides of the aisle and the Senate, we maintained a hold-harmless provision for the formula funding under the bill, but we did not put that hold-harmless provision to the…

I was chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the last Congress, and one of the things that I am most proud of was that in the late stages of that Congress we passed the Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act of 2006. It's a 3-year…

Under the old law, the funding was based one-half on a formula and one-half on discretionary, and the discretionary counted active cases and also cumulatively, I believe, cases of individuals who had expired because of the infection. Under…

On behalf of the minority Republicans from Texas, simply let us say that we join in our best wishes to Lady Bird's family. I knew Lady Bird through the White House Fellows program. For those of us that were privileged to know her as an…

Last night at RFK Stadium we had the 46th Annual Congressional Charity baseball game. The beneficiaries are the Washington Literacy Council and the Washington D.C. Boys and Girls Club. Those two groups will receive in the neighborhood of…

I tell my dear friend from Pennsylvania that the subject is the object before me, the coveted Roll Call congressional baseball trophy.