Famous quotes by Joe Barton:
"It's important that the American people have full confidence in the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Zerhouni has done an admirable job addressing a difficult, yet critical, issue."
"Releasing an equivalent amount of oil from the reserve for a short period of time will help keep fuel supplies adequate, not just for the Gulf Coast area, but for all the United States."
"Let the market work. Competition will drive investment."
"I am a pretty good poker player, and I'd say the odds are 2-1 that the president is going to sign a bill this year. Obviously, it's going to be modified and amended, but I think it has real power and I believe the president will sign a version very close to this bill sometime this calendar year."
"The president will make a decision [to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve] in the next couple of days."
"There's no need to panic about this, ... On the other side, there's no reason for retailers to just jack up the price because everybody's concerned. We're going to move very quickly to stop that if we have the legal ability to do so without passing emergency legislation."
"What you see is not always what you get."
"My cast comes from as far away as Fort Wayne and Toledo; they're willing to make the hour's drive just to be in it."
"Our Velma Kelly is Jill Kelly - no relation - of Fort Wayne."
"Obviously you have to keep [the dancing] in the Bob Fosse style, but Becky has come up with some very original choreography for us."