Joe Barton

Mr. BARTON of Texas

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Under the rules that we operate on, the leadership on both sides, each is allowed 1 minute to speak at any time. Will that time come out of this debate, or does that time come out of the debate on the Forbes amendment?

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield 1 minute to a member of the committee from Denton, Texas, or actually Flower Mound, Texas, Dr. Burgess.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I'm sorry?

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Would Mr. Waxman yield for a question, then? I'm trying to figure out if I need to reserve 1 minute for Mr. Boehner to speak now or if the Speaker and the majority leader are going to speak later and not in this part of the debate.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to another great Californian, Mr. Royce.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I reserve at this point.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Can I inquire how much time we have on the last part of the debate?

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished Congresswoman from Illinois, a member of the Science Committee, Congresswoman Biggert.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I'm going to reserve my time because they have got more time than we've got.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished Republican Conference chairman, Mr. Pence of Indiana. (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield 1 minute to Mr. Poe of Texas.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to Mr. Gohmert of Texas.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California, Mr. ``Surf's Up'' Rohrabacher.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady on the committee from Nashville, Tennessee, Congresswoman Blackburn.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I want to yield myself 30 seconds just briefly. According to David Sokol, the CEO of MidAmerican Energy, which serves most of the utility customers in the State of Iowa, the bill before us will raise utility prices, for every residential customer in Iowa, $110 a month, or $1,320 a year. That is not a job creator in Iowa; that is a job killer in Iowa. I now want to yield 1 minute to a distinguished member of the committee from the great Keystone State, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, 1 minute.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole).

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Lubbock, Texas (Mr. Neugebauer).

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I want to yield 1 minute to the distinguished ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, our expert on derivatives, Mr. Spencer Bachus.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I have been so confused by all of the parliamentary inquiries, I have lost track of time. How much time remains?

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I have agreed to do that. But my question is, when is it the intention to allow the Ways and Means Committee to use their time? Is that in the next 15 minutes or is it around 3 o'clock? When is your inclination?

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I want to yield 1 minute to ``Mr. Iowa Agriculture,'' Mr. Latham of Iowa.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Well, I want to compliment Chairman Waxman on apparently getting another vote--of Congressman Grayson--at the cost of 4,100 jobs in Congressman Grayson's district in the year 2012. With that, I want to yield 1 minute to a distinguished member of the committee, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield.)

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I planted some trees on my grandfather's farm 30 years ago. I hope that that qualifies under that section of the bill. I want to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished member of the committee, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Shadegg).

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, could I inquire as to when the majority is prepared to go to the Ways and Means Committee's time?

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I am parliamentary inquiried out, Madam Speaker, so I am going to yield 1 minute to the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Mr. Price from Georgia.