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Press Releases

Barton Supports Passage of Telecom, AIDS Funding Bills (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 Decries Dawdling Dems' 'Govt.-by-Emergency' on Medicare (September 24, 2009)

Republican Amendment Package Responds to American People, Barton Says (September 23, 2009)

Republicans to Offer Amendment Package That Makes Good on Obama Address to Congress (September 23, 2009)

Committee Republicans Again Ask Administration for Medicare Fraud, Waste Data (September 16, 2009)

Barton Asks GAO to Review NIH’s Use of Stimulus Funds (September 11, 2009)

Economist Ike Brannon Joins E&C Republicans (September 11, 2009)

Obama Says No Deficits, No Drain on Medicare, No Abortions, No Illegal Aliens…Oh, really? (September 10, 2009)

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Letters

Letter to GAO: Transparency and the Health Marketplace (October 21, 2009)

Response from HHS Regarding Security For Private Health Standards (October 20, 2009)

Letter to EPA Administrator Jackson Regarding Unauthorized Hiring Practices (September 14, 2009)

Response from CMS Regarding Medicare Administrative Costs (August 27, 2009)

Response from CMS Regarding SCHIP State-Specific Error Rates (July 10, 2009)

Response from CMS Regarding the Application of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (May 15, 2009)

Response from the FDA Regarding Safeguards Against Corruption (May 7, 2009)

Response from FDA Regarding Food Safety (May 6, 2009)

Further Response from HHS Regarding the Seizure of Heparin at Celsus Laboratories (April 28, 2009)

Response from NIH Regarding Their Use of Stimulus Funds (April 17, 2009)

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Republican Views

Detailed Analysis: The Cost of the House Democrats' Health Bill (August 18, 2009)

Executive Summary of the House Democrats' Health Reform Discussion Draft (June 29, 2009)

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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