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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I think there may be a need at the retail level to make sure we have adequate enforcement tools to prevent pure price gouging,
I can only guess at the excuses that will be offered by people who profit by engaging in an obvious fraud, by invading personal privacy, and by assisting criminal behavior.
What you are seeing here is an exercise in futility in the worst case, or an exercise in fantasy in the best case, and nothing I have seen this week is going to be voted on in a positive way,
He's (Bryan) been one of the leaders. He's been ahead of the curve on a consistent basis.
Under CAFTA, prosperity and payrolls in Texas will only grow as our products and services become more competitive in these markets.
There are so many cars on the market that get 30 miles per gallon, and folks aren't buying them,
I would submit to you that Medicaid in its current form is already hurting the poor, ... This committee will not stand by and do nothing while Medicaid slowly collapses.
I would vote against it and I would encourage others to vote against it,
We have witness after witness that's testified to the staff and answered questions today that they thought they were still being covered,
threatened by China's aggressive tactics to lock up energy supplies around the world that are largely dedicated for their own use.
We have between 1 to 2 million barrels of day of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico that's been shut down because of the hurricane, ... I think a very good case can be made today that some retailers have taken advantage of that and have begun to gouge the American people.
My cast comes from as far away as Fort Wayne and Toledo; they're willing to make the hour's drive just to be in it.
We can be responsible ... or we can throw caution to the wind and basically have the U.S. Treasury spend over $10 (billion) to $12 billion if everybody took advantage of the program.