Joe Barton
American politician; U.S. Representative for Texas · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1949 · age 77
Joseph Linus Barton is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Texas's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2019.
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, I am just thinking how unfair it is of you to quote their own words. It is a low blow to use what ExxonMobil has actually said against them.
As long as I am chairman, [regulating global warming pollution] is off the table indefinitely. I don't want there to be any uncertainty about that.
I appreciate that in China, people are hungry to prosper in the global economy.
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The district included Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. He was also a member of the Tea Party Caucus. In 2014, Barton became the longest-serving member of the Texas congressional delegation.
