Joe Barton

it is ironic that we just had that point of order offered by my good friend, Mr. Dicks. Under the Armey rule, the former majority leader, the chairmen of the authorizing committees could send letters to the Rules Committee on appropriation…

Nuclear power must be a part of our future energy supply. Companies that are planning to build new nuclear plants estimate that they will request a loan of $20 to $25 billion in FY '08. The companies expect to complete loan guarantee…

I want to bring a little bit of openness to this debate and this process. Those of us on the minority side are not concerned about the overall scope of the Homeland Security bill. Chairman Price and Ranking Member Rogers, I think, have…

We passed this early in this Congress, this particular piece of legislation. It passed the Senate, and it went to the President, and the President vetoed the bill. Many of those who support embryonic stem cell research think that we ought…

We support the underlying concept of the bill... we support the underlying principles of this bill, and we certainly support the patriotism and courage of the two sponsors.

with the Cardoza amendment, the Congress expresses its support for efforts like the $1 billion interoperability program to be implemented by NTIA. The House Energy and Commerce Committee is deeply concerned about the ongoing inability of…

before I close, since we have painted Charlie Norwood to be such a saint today, I have got to kind of get a little bit truer picture of him. In the Energy Policy Act debate of 2005, there was a provision in the bill that was not…

I rise in support of H.R. 556 the National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthening Transparency Act of 2007. I want more foreign investment in America, not less, but I do not want the kind that threatens our security. CFIUS…

I attended the Charlie Norwood funeral today in Augusta, Georgia. He was a veteran of Vietnam. I think it is ironic that because he was a veteran, we saw at the beginning of the funeral the honor guard walk in carrying the flag of the…

I want to read a part of a letter. It is dated February 8, 2007. It is to myself. It is from Congressman Norwood. It is the last official correspondence that I received from him. It says: ``Dear Joe. ``When you receive this letter, you…

I want to focus, in the small amount of time that I have, on one of the principal components of this particular piece of legislation. That is the apparent attempt to say that some of these leases that were granted in 1997 and 1998 were…

I understand the effort to bring the minimum wage bill back to the floor. Our new majority, for whatever purpose, didn't feel like they got a fair shake on that issue in the last several Congresses. So I can understand that. The stem cell…

This is just a bill on spam and enforcement of antispam and spyware, things of this sort. The bill would provide additional authority to the FCC to investigate spam that originates overseas and fraudulent practices of that sort.

That is exactly the bill that is at the desk. I have a copy here and I have read it and I can assure the Members that it is okay on both sides of the aisle.

this is the last evening that I will stand before this body, at least for a while, as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and there is still work that I have to do later this evening on several votes that we are still working on…

it is my privilege on behalf of the Texas delegation to introduce to the 109th Congress the Honorable Shelly Sekula Gibbs, Dr. Gibbs. She is a dermatologist in Houston, Texas. She serves on the Houston City Council at large. She has been…

Section 535 of the conference report included a provision that will allow individuals to import into the U.S. from Canada a 90-day supply of a prescription drug, on their person, for their personal use. The provision specifically exempts…

The county understands that absent this legislation the Health Resources and Services Administration will count only HIV cases for States with mature named-based HIV reporting systems in allocating Federal fiscal year 2007 Ryan White CARE…

I rise in support of H.R. 6143, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006. This legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Bono. It is the product of a year of bipartisan, bicameral negotiations. The bill reauthorizes…

Okay. That is what Congresswoman Johnson also says. I was not informed of that. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to a distinguished physician member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Dr. Murphy of Pennsylvania.

I yield myself 30 seconds before I yield to Mr. Castle. Under the current law, called HIPAA, we have very strict privacy protection guidelines. Those guidelines are currently under review. There have been over 50,000 comments filed with…

how is time going to be rotated? Do we do all the Energy and Commerce time and then the Ways and Means time; or do we rotate in sequence? The CHAIRMAN. The Chair would accommodate the wishes of the managers.

I yield 2 minutes to the Vice Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the brightest bloom to come out of Laurel, Mississippi, Chip Pickering.

before I yield to Congressman Clay of Missouri, let me compliment Subcommittee Chairman Deal for his efforts on this bill. He cannot be here today because his mother is ill, but he worked very hard. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the…

reclaiming my time, they are covered under adequate laws, and HIPAA is the medical privacy law. Please vote against the motion to recommit. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the subcommittee chairman from the Ways and Means…