Honorable Joe Barton
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Barton, of the Sixth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1984. He was Assistant to the Vice President of Ennis Business Forms from 1973 to 1981, a White House Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy from 1981 to 1982, and a Consultant to Atlantic Richfield Company from 1982 to 1984. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from a statement before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee during July 20, 2010, hearings on H.R. 5820,…
