Joe Barton

Mr. BARTON of Texas

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I'd like to yield 2 minutes to a member of the committee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Rogers).

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Is there a rule of the House that requires a copy of the pending legislation to be present in or near the body?

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Is there somewhere physically in the House of Representatives a copy of what we are voting on?

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

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlelady from West Virginia, Congresswoman Capito.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield 1 minute to the member of the committee from the Golden State of California (Mr. Radanovich).

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. Will the gentleman from New York yield for a procedural inquiry?

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the distinguished minority whip.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield myself another 15 seconds. I want to tell all of the Members, if you haven't made your deal yet, come on down to the floor. What we are seeing is unprecedented. We're making deals on the floor. I want to commend Mr. Waxman; at least he is now doing it in public. I mean, that is unprecedented, but at least it is transparent. With that, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns). Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield myself 15 seconds. We have just experienced something somewhat revolutionary. We have a bill before us that has a placeholder in the bill. We are passing a bill with a placeholder to be determined later. I have never seen a final passage on a bill that had a placeholder in the bill. With that, I yield to Mr. Pitts, a member of the committee from the State of Pennsylvania, for 1 minute.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I've got two nonmembers of the Ways and Means Committee that I would like to go out of order to get us in balance so Mr. Camp and you can balance each other.

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

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. 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 just need a planning estimate to tell the Members on my side when we are going to go to the Ways and Means. I'm not being argumentative.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. At this time, I want to yield to another distinguished member of the Energy and Commerce Committee from the Pelican State, Mr. Scalise, 1 minute.

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. 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 distinguished senior member of the committee from the great State of Georgia, Mr. Deal.

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. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lee), and I want to thank Mr. Rangel for his courtesy.

Mr. BARTON of Texas. I have one more parliamentary inquiry.

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

Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished Representative from Washington State, Mr. Hastings.