Joe Barton

Everyone knows that the only renewable energy that politicians always support is their own hot air. They often get the rhetoric right on support for green issues, but their votes and record of taking money from polluters tells another story. I thought it would be instructive to compare the actual...

One day after Congressional Republicans killed compromise legislation that would have protected net neutrality -- the principle that broadband providers shouldn't play favorites with Web content -- pressure has returned to the Federal Communications Commission to act on the issue.

Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton said during today's hearing he was "ashamed" that BP had been the victim of a "shakedown" after the company agreed to set aside $20 billion for claims resulting from the spill. He then issued a retraction.