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Joe Barton
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Chair Emeritus, House Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives, present
Former Member, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Department Of Energy Cost Control Task Force
Former Vice Chair, Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives
Member, House Republican Steering Committee
Member, Republican Study Committee
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Member, Tea Party Caucus
Founder, Texas Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Task Force
Co-Chair, Congressional Privacy Caucus, 2003-2009
Founder, Congressional Privacy Caucus, 2003-2009
Chair, Crockett Parks and Recreation Board, 1979-1980
Chair Emeritus, House Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives, present
Former Member, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Department Of Energy Cost Control Task Force
Former Vice Chair, Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives
Member, House Republican Steering Committee
Member, Republican Study Committee
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Member, Tea Party Caucus
Founder, Texas Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Task Force
Co-Chair, Congressional Privacy Caucus, 2003-2009
Founder, Congressional Privacy Caucus, 2003-2009
Chair, Crockett Parks and Recreation Board, 1979-1980
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Virgo
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1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- Yes
2. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
1. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No
1. Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support?
- Yes
1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan?
- Yes
2. Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan?
- No
1. do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes
2. do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
3. do you support reducing Medicaid spending?
- Yes
4. do you support reducing Medicare spending?
- Yes
5. Is balancing the budget a legislative priority?
- Yes
Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No
Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
3. Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
4. Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits?
- No
5. Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- No
1. Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production?
- No
1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- No
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- Yes
2. Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- No
1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
2. Do you support allowing illegal immigrants, who were brought to the United States as minors, to pursue citizenship without returning to their country of origin?
- No Answer
3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police?
- Yes
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No
1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Yes
2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes
1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Yes
1. Agriculture
- No Answer
2. Arts
- No Answer
3. Defense
- No Answer
4. Education
- No Answer
5. Environment
- No Answer
6. Homeland Security
- No Answer
7. International aid
- No Answer
8. Medical Research
- No Answer
9. Scientific Research
- No Answer
10. Space exploration
- No Answer
11. United Nations
- No Answer
12. Welfare
- No Answer
13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
14. Capital gains taxes
- No Answer
15. Corporate taxes
- No Answer
16. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- No Answer
17. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- No Answer
18. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- No Answer
19. Income taxes (low-income families)
- No Answer
20. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- No Answer
21. Income taxes (high-income families)
- No Answer
22. Inheritance taxes
- No Answer
23. Payroll taxes
- No Answer
Latest Action: House - 12/11/2018 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Tracker:Latest Action: Senate - 12/12/2018 Received in the Senate.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 10/01/2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Tracker:By Joe Barton and Steve Scalise "Let us develop the resources of our land " These words, the beginning of a quotation of Daniel Webster, are emblazoned upon a plaque hung prominently in the House of Representatives' chamber. They certainly hold true today as Republicans work to grow our economy, create good-paying jobs, make life more affordable for hardworking families and bolster America's national security. The fact is, America is blessed with tremendous energy resources, and whenever we responsibly develop these resources, the benefits flow to our people. Jobs, economic growth, making life more affordable and energy security -- these are just some of the positive benefits hardworking taxpayers have enjoyed from American energy. Throughout the Gulf Coast region, our oil and gas industry remains the heartbeat of our economy -- an amazing success story that creates good-paying jobs by providing homegrown energy to America and our allies. In Texas and Louisiana alone, the oil and gas industry supports well over 2 million jobs directly and indirectly, from oil patch workers to engineers, service industry workers to truck drivers, computer programmers and more. The average salary of an oil and gas industry worker in the Gulf Coast region is about $80,000 a year, and the industry contributes tens of billions of dollars to our regional economy. With results like these, every state blessed with valuable energy resources should have the same opportunity to replicate our success. Whether we're talking about the Gulf Coast, coal country or the Bakken and Marcellus shale plays, our technological advancements have proven that American energy production can pay similar dividends throughout the nation. We ought to be doing more to unleash the power of this American energy revolution. But for years, President Barack Obama has been trying to reverse these opportunities by imposing radical regulations that are rooted in a failed cap-and-trade scheme. With these and other wrong-headed policies, the president and his administration are waging a notorious "War on Coal" that is hurting American workers and their families. Just this month, the president met with the leaders of other nations in Paris to pursue his global warming agenda that will make America less competitive, kill jobs and raise costs for hardworking families. Just imagine the foolish notion that an administration that could not even properly build a website to sell health insurance policies can somehow control the earth's temperature. Meanwhile, America has lost 80,000 jobs as oil producers have been forced to scale back their rigs by 60 percent, yet the president and his radical environmentalist supporters have fought tooth and nail to keep America the only nation in the world with a self-imposed ban on exporting our own crude oil. Instead of helping Americans compete on the global stage and benefit from our incredible energy resources, the presidenet and his allies are doing the exact opposite, blocking enormous opportunities and trying to force their own radical agenda on the rest of us. You'll see that huge cost in everything from higher food and electricity prices, to thousands more lost jobs. That's just wrong. House Republicans are committed to fighting for the millions of Americans who will directly benefit from developing our country's plentiful energy resources. And in recent weeks, we have passed several pieces of legislation to do just that. We have stood against the president's illegal so-called Clean Power Plan and New Source Performance Standard that will drive up the cost of electricity. We voted to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. We have voted to upgrade our aging energy infrastructure, and now we have finally passed legislation to end the outdated ban on crude oil exports, part of a crucial bill which the president just signed into law. Lifting the ban will create an estimated 1 million American jobs throughout the nation and add $170 billion annually to our GDP. In fact, it is estimated that for every job created in the oil and gas sector, six will be created in the broader economy, while gas prices here at home could drop as much as 13 cents per gallon, helping families save more at the pump. This is a historic victory for America and for our region. We're proud to have led the charge in the House to help Americans capitalize on our energy potential so we can create good jobs, our economy can continue to grow and more families can have an opportunity to achieve the American Dream. There is still work to be done, but together we have taken some tremendous strides in recent months.
