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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.

Jul 12, 2012

a disturbing number of EPA's supposedly independent Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee were also recipients of Federal research funding.

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Jul 11, 2012

So you really don't speak for the Obama administration, do you?

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Jul 11, 2012

I would slightly diverge from the party line to say that I don't necessarily think we have to throw the baby out with the bath water.

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Jul 11, 2012

I don't think we need to throw out the whole program.

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Jul 11, 2012

I think this is a positive step today, the fact that we have got a draft bill on No More Solyndras. It is a good bill.

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Jul 11, 2012

There has never, until this loan, been a taxpayer-backed loan that was subordinated.

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Jul 11, 2012

I would hope on a bipartisan basis one thing we can agree on is that we are not going to allow subordination.

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Jul 11, 2012

Don't insult the common sense of the American people.

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Jul 11, 2012

This should be a solutions hearings.

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Jul 10, 2012

I thank the distinguished chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the bill before us this afternoon and in opposition to what is colloquially called ObamaCare. All of the comments of the proponents of the bill that have been…

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