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Press Releases

Administration Asked to Detail Cost to Jobs, Economy under EPA Decisions (November 19, 2009)

Barton, Walden Ask DOE Secretary Chu to Explain Plans to Shut Down Yucca (November 18, 2009)

Barton Asks Waxman, Stupak for Hearing on Medicare, Medicaid Fraud (November 6, 2009)

Republican Bill Gives FDA Teeth To Ban Researchers Convicted of Crimes (October 27, 2009)

GAO: FDA Slow to Ban Cheats, Fakers from Conducting Research for Agency (October 22, 2009)

Obama Administration Wonders Why Teens, Guns & Alcohol Don’t Mix (October 19, 2009)

Helping the Underinsured Should Be Part of Broad Health Care Reform, Barton Says (October 15, 2009)

Committee Republicans Ask HHS IG to Investigate Heavy-Handed Censorship (October 1, 2009)

Barton, Walden Ask NIH for Details of Money Spent on Questionable Studies (September 25, 2009)

Barton, Walden Ask EPA to Explain Unusual Pay Authority for Employees (September 17, 2009)

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Letters

Letter to Secretary Chu Regarding DOE's Decision Making Concerning Yucca Mountain (November 18, 2009)

Response from HHS Inspector General Regarding CMS Censorship Actions (November 9, 2009)

Letter to SAMHSA: Suicide Prevention Funding (October 29, 2009)

Letter to FDA Regarding Internal Investigation Practices (October 21, 2009)

Response from NRC regarding Combined License Applications (October 16, 2009)

Response from OPM Regarding EPA's Hiring Practices (October 13, 2009)

Response from CMS Regarding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud (October 7, 2009)

Letter to HHS Inspector General Regarding CMS Censorship Actions (October 1, 2009)

Letter to CMS Regarding Humana Communication Censorship (October 1, 2009)

Letter to Acting Comptroller General Dodaro Regarding Yucca Mountain (October 1, 2009)

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U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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