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 with the U.S. Department of Energy from 1981 to 1982, and a consultant for Atlantic Richfield Company from 1982 to 1984. He chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the September 28, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 6143, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act.I rise in support of H.R. 6143, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act…
