United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce

...11/2). Finally, The Hill reports that Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, is asking House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman to hold a public hearing with Obama administration officials to discuss the health care reform bill. Barton...

In this article: Republican Party, John Boehner, Joe Barton, Medical advice, Tax, Congressional Budget Office, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and Henry Waxman

...and providing important safeguards to chemical facilities and water systems." But Joe Barton (R-Tex.), the Energy and Commerce Committee's ranking minority member, said the bill goes beyond reasonable requirements for...

In this article: DHS, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, Gene Green, Joe Barton, Bennie G. Thompson, Energy and Commerce Committee, American Petroleum Institute, Texas, and New Jersey

...reflecting the partisan divide on the issue. "She's going to be disappointed," said Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He doesn't accept the view of the vast majority of...

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...fuel that is piling up at reactor sites across the nation. In a statement Wednesday, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said, "Secretary Chu could set back the U.S. nuclear waste disposal...

In this article: Waste, Steven Chu, Nuclear Energy Institute, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Energy Department, and Department of Energy

The House Energy and Commerce Committee, led by Henry A. Waxman , D-Calif., planned to mark up legislation Thursday afternoon that would create the agency to oversee consumer-focused financial products such as mortgages and credit cards. A...

In this article: Henry A. Waxman, Barney Frank, Joe L. Barton, and House Energy and Commerce Committee

...net neutrality, meet your next enemy. Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, who has asked the FCC to stop a planned vote on open Internet rules. PresidentObama has pushed for the...

In this article: Joe Barton, FCC, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Texas, Small business, and Washington

...Medicine Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, set out a startling scenario in floor debate Saturday before the House approved the health care bill pushed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The bill...

In this article: Tax, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Barton, Congressional Budget Office, Energy and Commerce Committee, and Texas

...and the American people know it. " Barton Wants a Hearing on the Health Care Bill Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has sent a letter (pdf) to committee Chairman Henry Waxman...

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