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 a White House Fellow in the U.S. Department of Energy from 1981 to 1982 and a consultant with Atlantic Richfield Company from 1982 to 1984. He chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee in the 109th Congress. The following is from the June 8, 2006, House floor debate on Representative Ed Markey’s (MA-D) amendment to H.R. 5252, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement (COPE) Act of 2006.I listened with a great degree of respect to the gentleman from Massachusetts [Representative…
