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U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, has released an implementation timeline on ObamaCare. Click here for a copy.

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Press Releases

In Case You Missed It: Barton on Energy, FCC (October 29, 2010)

Barton, Burgess Ask EPA to Explain Costs of Multiple Billion-Dollar Regulations (October 14, 2010)

Barton, Burgess and Blackburn Introduce Bill to Repeal Light Bulb Ban (September 16, 2010)

Barton on EPA's Denial to Petitioners on CO2 Endangerment Finding (July 29, 2010)

Barton to BP: 'Cross Your Fingers' Can't Be a Contingency Plan (June 15, 2010)

Kerry-Lieberman Would ‘Crash Dive’ Economy Back to the 1870s (May 12, 2010)

Barton, Burgess Ask GAO to Review Quality Control at UN Global Warming Panel (May 5, 2010)

Barton to EPA: 'It's my opinion that the endangerment finding is itself a threat to the economic vitality of this country' (April 28, 2010)

Investigating for Facts or Punishment? (April 14, 2010)

Why Won’t UN’s Review Panel Look at Errors in IPCC Report, Barton Asks Administration (March 15, 2010)

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Letters

Response From EPA Regarding the High Costs and Job Impacts Associated With Regulating Greenhouse Gases (November 8, 2010)

Letter to EPA Regarding the High Costs and Job Impacts Associated With Regulating Greenhouse Gases (October 14, 2010)

Response from EPA Regarding Proposed Ozone Standards (August 25, 2010)

Letter to EPA Regarding Economic and Job Impacts of Proposed Ozone Standards (June 11, 2010)

Response from GM and Chrysler Concerning their Membership in USCAP and their Responsibilities to their Shareholders (March 26, 2010)

Response from EPA to Letter Questioning the Agency's Review Process and Evaluation of UN Reports Relied Upon for Endangerment Finding (March 19, 2010)

Letter to EPA and DOE Concerning the U.N.'s Investigation into Erroneous Climate Data (March 15, 2010)

Letter to Chrysler Regarding Their Membership In USCAP (March 11, 2010)

Letter to GM Regarding Its Membership In USCAP (March 11, 2010)

Letter to Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality Concerning the Risk of New Regulations to Jobs and Economic Growth (March 8, 2010)

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Republican Views

Section-by-Section Analysis of H.R. 2454, ACES Legislation, as Reported on June, 5 2009 (June 23, 2009)

Republican Views on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (June 8, 2009)

Executive Summary of Waxman-Markey Climate Legislation (April 22, 2009)

Section-By-Section Analysis of Waxman-Markey Climate Legislation (April 22, 2009)

U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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