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Joe Barton

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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.

Mar 12, 2013

We have had repeated security incidences at the weapons complexes in the national laboratories over the last 20 years.

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Mar 12, 2013

I especially want to commend Congresswoman DeGette. She has been fighting these fights almost as long as I have.

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Mar 4, 2013

Yes, where they still have the regulated markets and you can roll in the prices.

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Mar 4, 2013

I have served in Congress and on this committee for over a quarter of a century...

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Mar 4, 2013

I want the record to show that we had a witness say I was exactly right.

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Mar 4, 2013

Let us be honest. You are not going to build a coal plant with those regulations, and you will build, probably, almost all natural gas.

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Mar 4, 2013

I am a big proponent historically of wind power.

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Feb 26, 2013

What would be the harm of just rescinding the funding that has not yet in been spent saying game over, save the taxpayers $2.5 billion.

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Feb 26, 2013

Now, we could have given everyone of Mike Doyle's constituents $25,000, and I bet they would have been able to go out and find some sort of broadband.

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Feb 26, 2013

I don't doubt that for a minute. I don't doubt that for second.

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Feb 26, 2013

We don't need the program. We don't need it. It is not that it is a bad program.

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