Joe Barton
Joe Barton
Joe Linus Bartonis a Republican politician, representing Texas's 6th congressional districtin the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus. The district includes Arlington, part of Fort Worth and several rural areas south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Following the primary defeat of Ralph Hall, Barton became the dean of the Texas Congressional delegation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 September 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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In 1981, there were 324 operating refineries in the boundaries of the United States. Today there are 148. Do the math. There are a lot of reasons for it, but one of the reasons is the law as it exists today, ... What company's board of directors in its right mind would want to go through this complicated process and tie up billions of dollars for years and years if they weren't certain whether this process would wrap up in a timely fashion?
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It is unfortunate that it takes a hurricane like Katrina or Rita to show us just how acute the problem is. Now is the time to start to correct this problem and build more refineries in the United States.
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Medicaid is a victim of its own success. The program has grown so expansive that it is unsustainable in its current form, ... The reforms we are offering on Thursday will help to save the program while at the same time protecting the poorest of our society.
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Enactment of this legislation by December would give us three years to prepare for the transition, ... That is more than enough time for manufacturers and retailers to move low-cost digital televisions and converter-boxes into the market, for the FCC to complete the channel allocation process, for broadcasters to finalize their digital facilities and for government and industry to prepare consumers for the transition.
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Releasing an equivalent amount of oil from the reserve for a short period of time will help keep fuel supplies adequate, not just for the Gulf Coast area, but for all the United States.
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You need a leadership team that's ready to go to work next week, not next summer.
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So far, a lot of it has been vague but they are now going to flesh out the details.
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I'd like to see Exxon Mobil take some of their $10 billion and announce some refinery expansion,
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I would vote against it and I would encourage others to vote against it,
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I think there may be a need at the retail level to make sure we have adequate enforcement tools to prevent pure price gouging,
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Many retailers do not disclose these restrictions. There are no national rules dealing with how gift cards should work.
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I think a good case can be made today that some retailers may have taken advantage of the Katrina emergency. If that's true, that is something that needs to be investigated and, in all probability, prosecuted,
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You've done not a darn thing except to obfuscate and not obey the subpoenas of this committee,
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I'm a free-market guy. I come from an oil state. I am not anti-oil, by any stretch. But I don't want to see people get ripped off just because they're scared and retailers think they can just jack up the price.