Creating Jobs
It is time to put Americans back to work. The best thing Washington can do is get out of the way so our nation can do what it does best: create, innovate, and lead. I have joined my colleagues to...
View ArticleProtecting Kids Online
Protecting Kids Online The Internet has transformed into an invaluable educational, research, and entertainment tool, but with the good comes the bad. I believe that every American has the right to...
View ArticlePowering Texas
The needless environmental assault on our energy production has reached a critical point. The EPA, following orders from the Obama Administration, is attacking all sectors of the energy industry and...
View ArticleRepeal & Replace Obama Care
The battle to repeal and replace ObamaCare isn’t easy, but it is a fight we will eventually win. Through my work at the Energy and Commerce Committee, we have removed many parts of this law but will...
View ArticleNational Security
The reality of our world today is one of constant terror threats and plots against the United States. We must therefore do all we can to give our military the resources and technology it needs to...
View ArticleMaintaining American energy supremacy
Energy policy come-ons line up like barkers at a sideshow: Come and get your “energy independence,” your “energy security,” your “green plan,” your “all-the-above-strategy.” Somehow, “just keep...
View ArticleNational Health Leaders Recognize U.S. Rep. Joe Barton For Leadership in...
WASHINGTON – The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), a coalition of leaders of the nation’s premier health care companies and organizations, has honored U.S. Representative Joe Barton as a “Champion...
View ArticleMemorial Day tribute, Garcia honored with bronze statue at Navarro County...
Soldiers in uniform decorated the courthouse while children, sitting with parents and grandparents, waved miniature American flags. Across the courthouse lawn, bikers were grouped together, dressed in...
View ArticleRep. Barton votes to combat radical Islamic terrorism
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Corsicana) released the following statements after the House passed H.R. 5471, the Counter Terrorist Radicalization Act. “Following the terror attacks in Orlando last weekend, we...
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Joe Barton: The oil champion wants another shot at energy gavel
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