Tag: Joe Barton

Texas congressman gives Henry Waxman
hell and a half

Henry Waxman didn’t realize that the companies are required to make announcements as a result of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations that he had supported. So Joe Barton straightened out Waxman.

We love Texas congressman Joe Barton. And this video clip demonstrates why.

Waxman was pissed that companies like AT&T, Caterpillar, John Deere and Verizon blamed ObamaCare for billions of dollars in unexpected charges, so the little weasel ordered them to appear before Congress to explain themselves.

Congressional intimidation at its finest.

Apparently, Waxman didn’t realize that the companies are required to make those announcements as a result of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations that he had supported.

So Barton went down on the floor of the House and, shall we say, straightened out Waxman.

You go, Joe.

H/T: HotAir.com

Democrat Waxman doesn’t know what’s in his own tax plan because he hasn’t read it

Democrats have a nasty habit of passing bills they don’t read, like the Stimulus boondoggle. In this instance, Henry Waxman (D-CA), Energy & Commerce Chairman and author of the National Energy Tax, is unclear on what’s actually in his own bill. But never mind that. Democrats voted it out of committee anyway, 33-25.

In this video, Waxman is questioned by Ranking Republican Member Joe Barton (R-TX) when he admits to ignorance of his own handiwork: “I certainly don’t claim to know everything that’s in this bill…I don’t know the details…”

Totaling over 930 pages, this bill is quite the packed sausage. If We the People are forced to pay for these things, is it too much to ask that lawmakers who supposedly write them at least be forced to read them?

Source: National Review

Energy Secretary Steven Chu babbles when Congressman asks him where oil comes from

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this guy is in charge of America’s energy future.

Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) asked the energy expert where oil comes from and Steven Chu begins babbling about continental plates drifting around and geology and scientific stuff like that. But he finally bit on Barton’s bait and said, in effect, “Yes, the oil drifted up there.”

Kind of like this administration is drifting. Only slower.

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