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Swain, Susan - Host
TABLE IS CONGRESSMAN JOE BARTON OF TEXAS, A REPUBLICAN. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DAY WITH A BIG STORY IS JOBS. THE FED CHAIRMAN IS MAKING A SPEECH ABOUT THE...
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ROMNEY LEFT THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND DID A GREAT JOB OF CREATING JOBS. WHEN HE MOVED THAT EXPERIENCE TO GOVERNMENT, HE HAD ONE OF THE LOWEST JOB CREATION...
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GREAT STATE. TEXAS HAS ZERO INTERESCOME TAX. TEXAS HAS OIL IN THE GROUND. HE DID NOT CREATE THAT. IT WOULD BE LIKE AL GORE SAYING HE CREATED THE INTERNET....
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IN TEXAS. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. WE DON'T HAVE A STATE INCOME TAX AND WE ARE PROUD OF THAT. WE'RE LOCATED IN THE TRADE CORRIDOR BETWEEN...
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Swain, Susan - Host
FROM TEXAS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE NATION AS A WHOLE? GUEST: A
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
BALANCED BUDGET. WE HAVE VERY GOOD REGULATIONS FOR CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER. WE WORK WITH INDUSTRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT THOSE REGULATIONS...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IN TEXAS IS THE SAME AS THE MINIMUM WAGE OF THE COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW THAT HAS ANY GREAT APPEAL IN OUR STATE. HOST: SOME OF
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Swain, Susan - Host
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HAVE SUGGESTED THE MINIMUM WAGE IS AN IMPEDIMENT FOR PEOPLE HIRING. THE THINK IT KEEPS SMALL BUSINESSES FROM HIRING -- DO YOU...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
FIRST-TIME WORKERS, TEENAGERS. I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO SUSPEND OR LOWER TEENAGE, FIRST-TIME WORKERS TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP CREATE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
ABOUT OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND HOMES. THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM INSTITUTE ARGUES OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION DOMESTICALLY IS SEEN AS CREATING...
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Swain, Susan - Host
HUGE DEBATES OVER FRACKING IN THIS COUNTRY. WOULD YOU GIVE US YOUR PERSPECTIVE? GUEST: THAT IS INJECTING
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
SAND AND WATER UNDER PRESSURE TO SPREAD THE SHELF FORMATIONS TO RELEASE THE OIL AND GAS. THERE IS NOTHING MAGICAL OR MYSTERIOUS ABOUT IT. IN MY DISTRICT,...
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Swain, Susan - Host
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CIRCLING BACK AND ARE FRUSTRATED ABOUT YOUR POLICY ABOUT THE OIL SPILL. GUEST: I WAS TRYING
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TO CONVEY THAT EVERY COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT DOES BUSINESS SHOULD BE TREATED TO DUE PROCESS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO TREATEDBP...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THINK OF THE RESTORATION OF THE COASTLINE? GUEST: I
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THINK THE JOINT MORATORIUM DID TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO THE ECONOMY. ON PAPER, THEY HAVE RESCINDED THE MORATORIUM. THE HAVE ONLY ISSUED A HANDFUL OF PERMITS....
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Swain, Susan - Host
A DEMOCRAT IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE. YOUR HONOR FOR CONGRESSMAN BARTON -- YOU ARE ON FOR A CONGRESSMAN BARTON. CALLER:
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I THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE SAD BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS COUNTRY IS IN A CRISIS MODE. 30 YEARS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND HUMAN-RESOURCES,...
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Swain, Susan - Host
SENSE OF THE PARTY IS ONE TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A SOLUTION? GUEST: THAT IS A
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GOOD QUESTION. I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE CALLER. I SURE THAT -- I SHARE THAT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT A CRISIS. IT CANNOT BE BUSINESS AS USUAL. IT IS DIFFICULT...
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Swain, Susan - Host
FORUM HAD THE UNITED STATES IN THE NUMBER-ONE POSITION. YES BIT THEY ANNOUNCED THE NEW RANKINGS AND THE UNITED STATES HAS SLIPPED TO THE FIFTH POSITION....
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY ITSELF. AND THE AMERICAN WORK ETHIC. HOST: SINGAPORE AND SWITZERLAND. GUEST: MOST OF THOSE
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ECONOMISTS ARE SMALLER THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN TERMS OF OUTPUT. THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY IS AS LARGE AS THE NEXT FIVE ECONOMIES COMBINED. THEY MAY...
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Swain, Susan - Host
BROUGHT IN AN ARTICLE FROM "THE BALTIMORE SUN" ON THAT VERY TOPIC. THIS IS RUNNING NATIONWIDE. "THEY OFTEN BLAME THE TEPID ECONOMY -- THAT IS NOT EVIDENT."...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
JUST SPENT A MONTH IN MY DISTRICT DOING TOWN HALLS AND I DID HOUSE CALLS ON A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES. EVERYWHERE I WENT, PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
IS A REPUBLICAN FROM MICHIGAN. CALLER:
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GOOD MORNING. I HAVE THREE THINGS I WANT TO ASK YOU. HOW COME THE AMERICAN CONGRESS CANNOT GET ALONG WITH THE CANADIENS LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE A FEW POINTERS...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE CANADIENSANS. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO CANADA RECENTLY. IT IS A GREAT COUNTRY. ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE ARE ABOUT 300 MILLION PEOPLE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
E-MAIL FROM KIDTTY.
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GUEST: JEEZ. I AM NOT A BIG PLAN OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT. THERE ARE SOME GREEN JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. I THINK KITTY IS RIGHT...
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Swain, Susan - Host
CALL NEXT, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA. CALLER: I'M NOT GOING TO
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ARGUE ANY PARTICULAR POINT WITH YOU THIS MORNING. I FIND FAULT WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAY PRETTY MUCH. THIS COUNTRY FOR OVER 200 YEARS, WE FORMED A MORE...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT. I HAVE NEVER TAKEN A POSITION AGAINST UNIONS. TEXAS' IS IT RIGHT TO WORK STATE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF A UNION TO GET...
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Swain, Susan - Host
TODAY." COUNTY WORKERS WERE OFFERED A BETTER RETIREMENT ALTERNATIVE TO SOCIAL SECURITY. OUR PLAN PUT TOGETHER WAS A BANKING MODEL RATHER THAN AN INVESTMENT...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ENTITIES ARE ABLE TO HAVE A SEPARATE PLANT AS LONG AS THEIR EQUAL OR BETTER. HOST: WE HAVE BOTH
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Swain, Susan - Host
LEARNED SOMETHING. THANK YOU. NEXT CALLLER. CALLER: I WANTED
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TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE $300 BILLION PRESIDENT'S PLAN, JOBS PLAN THAT OBAMA IS TRYING TO DO. AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT EVEN IF THEY DID CREATE THESE JOBS,...
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Swain, Susan - Host
HOST: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JESSE HAS SEEN REPORTS THAT THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL MIGHT HAVE A PRICE TAG OF $300 BILLION, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH IS A PAYROLL...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT WILL PROPOSE, BUT IT IS SIMILAR TO THAT, I THINK THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE WILL BE RECEPTIVE AND LOOK AT IT, BUT...
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Swain, Susan - Host
BE IN THE CHAMBER TONIGHT? GUEST: I AM PROBABLY
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GOING TO BE. I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A POLITICAL STAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT, AND I AM SUPPOSED TO BE IN TEXAS DURING AN EVENT FOR A LOCAL RADIO...
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Swain, Susan - Host
CALL IS FROM TENNESSEE. BRYAN, DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING,
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MA'AM. MR. BURTON, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE DOCUMENTARY CALLED "GAS LAND"? >>GUEST: I
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HAVE SEEN EXPERTS OF IT -- EXCERPTS OF IT. THEY ARE PUTTING WATER AND ALL SORTS OF CHEMICALS AND PEOPLE ARE BEING POISONED. GUEST: WITH ALL DUE
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
RESPECT, PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING POISONED. 99% OF THE FLUID IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ARE WATER. THERE ARE SOME CHEMICALS, PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE LUBRICATION...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
WELL, 3 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT WHEN WE ARE USING 20 MILLION. APPROXIMATELY 20 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY. IF WE CAN INCREASE INDUSTRIAL...
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Swain, Susan - Host
FOLLOW-UP FROM THE SAME PERSON ON TWITTER. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FRESHWATER USED IN DEATH FRACKINGTHE FRACKING PROCESS? GUEST: IT DEPENDS
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ON THE INDIVIDUAL LOCATION. SOME WELLS KEEP IT ON SITE AND REJECT IT OR REPROCESS IT. OTHER LOCALITIES THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PUT IT INTO THE RIVERS LOCALLY....
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Swain, Susan - Host
OF MINUTES LEFT. NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM SHEEP YORK, LOUISIANA. -- SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. CALLERWE ARE BURNING UP IN LOUISIANA LIKE YOU ALL IN TEXAS....
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
YOU. GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND IN LOUISIANA. I HOPE TEXAS A&M GETS IN THE SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE IT WILL BE PLAYING LSU ATHLETICALLY AND WILL RUN INTO YOU...
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Swain, Susan - Host
FIRES AND WERE NEAR YOUR DISTRICT? GUEST: I HAVE NOT HAD
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THE LARGE THE LARGEBASTROP,E FIRES LIKE BASTROP, BUT I HAVE HAD MY STAFF AND THE DISTRICT WORKING WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS. IN FACT, ONE OF MY STAFF ASSISTANCE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
ANOTHER ENERGY QUESTION. THIS IS LEE RODGER WHO ASKS -- GUEST: REFINERY
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IN THE UNITED STATES IS A PROBLEM. WE HAVE EXPANDED SOME OF OUR EXISTING REFINERIES, BUT I THINK WE MAY HAVE FINALLY BUILT ONE NEW REFINERY IN THE PAST...
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Swain, Susan - Host
IS NEXT. KEEP IS AN INDEPENDENT THERE. GOOD MORNING. -- KEITH. CALLER:
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GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON WHEN YOU SAID GLOBAL WARMING IS JUST A THEORY OF THE STUDY THAT WAS MENTIONED REGARDING REGULATIONS BEING...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
CURRENTLY A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, BUT I HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. I AM ALL FOR SCIENCE AND REAL STUDY. WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS PSEUDOSCIENCE....
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Swain, Susan - Host
FOR YOU IS FROM SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA. CHARLOTTE ON THE PHONE FOR YOU. CALLER: I AM JUST COMMENTING
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ON STATEMENT YOU MADE EARLIER WHEN YOU SAID TEXAS HAS A LOT WHERE THEY HAVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET YEARLY. WELL, SOMETHING JUST RELEASED BY THE STATE...
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
A LAW, IT HAS A CONSTITUTION. IT IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, SO WE HAVE LOST TO IMPLEMENT THAT. WE HAVE A COMPTROLLER -- THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
IT FOR OUR TIME. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE HERCULEAN TASK THAT THE SUPER COMMITTEE HAS BEEN GIVEN. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WILL IT WORK? GUEST: I WILL GIVE
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Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THEM A PLUS FOR EFFORT AND WILLINGNESS, BUT EXPECTATIONS OFTEN TIMES EXCEEDS REALITY, AND THE CHANCES OF THEM REPORTING A BILL THAT PASSES THE HOUSE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
NOW WE WILL SEE HOW PREDICTED YOU ARE. THE FIRST ORGANIZED MEETING IS TELEVISE TODAY. YOU WILL SEE IT LIVE BEGINNING AT 10:30 ON C-SPAN3. THAT IS THE...
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HEADLINES, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEEKING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WAS UP SLIGHTLY LAST WEEK. EVIDENCE THAT THE JOB MARKET IS NOT IMPROVING SAY ANALYSTS....
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