Joe Barton

Mr. Chairman, I want to echo what the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Tauzin) just said. But, as chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, I want to make several points before we go to final passage. We have several bipartisan groups…

I am standing on the Republican side to express some of the same concerns that have been expressed on the Democratic side about the inadequacy about the privacy protections in the bill that is pending before us. I want to commend the…

H.R. 459 extends the construction period for a hydroelectric project in the State of New Jersey. Under section 13 of the Federal Power Act, project construction must begin within 4 years of issuance of the license. If construction is not…

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…

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…

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…

I plead guilty. I raise my hand and I plead guilty. I want to make it more difficult to raise taxes on the American people. I am sorry, but that is the way I feel. Let us just do a little basic math. Most of us took fractions back in…

having a Member of Congress in your family is kind of like a white elephant gift. You are kind of glad you have it, you just do not quite know what to do with it. But every now and then it pays off to have a congressman in your family…

I rise in support of all 4 articles of impeachment. I will stand by my oath of office to uphold this nation's laws and vote to impeach President Clinton on the charges of perjury. The evidence presented has demonstrated that President…

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.

But this site could withstand a 6.0 magnitude effort quake directly beneath it and sustain no damage; and, again, there was been no earthquake of this magnitude in the region in over 750,000 years. Let us talk about local support. My good…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

So? I would like to walk through some of the constitutional mechanisms which I believe are very important, and which show that the majority that supports this amendment wants the majority to speak on this amendment. The 16th Amendment…

Mr. Speaker, the first Federal income tax that was levied on the American people was 1 percent of any net income over $3,000. Today, the average American taxpayer pays 39.8 percent in Federal and State taxes. That is an all-time high with…

So we can cut taxes by a simple majority vote, but we would have to have a two-thirds vote to raise taxes.

If 75 percent of the Republicans out there listening today or tonight and 63 percent of the Democrats out there listening tonight would pick up the phone, crank up the fax machine, get on the Internet and send an e-mail, we could wake this…

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…

And that is all in the last month. I mean that is not like 10 years ago or 20 years ago. That is a poll, a national poll taken within the last month.

It would be a great idea, and it is legal if people were to fax, e-mail, write, call, send by Pony Express, by any means of communication to their elected Congressman or Congresswoman, be they Republican or Democrat, that they are for this…