Joe Barton
Joe Barton | |
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| Chair of the House Energy Committee | |
| In office February 16, 2004 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Billy Tauzin |
| Succeeded by | John Dingell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 6th district | |
| In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Gramm |
| Succeeded by | Ron Wright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joe Linus Barton September 15, 1949 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Texas A&M University, College Station (BS) Purdue University (MS) |
Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is an American Republican politician. He represented Texas's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2019.[1] He is a member of the Tea Party Caucus.
Barton supported deregulation of the electricity and natural gas industries,[2] and serves as vice-chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committees.[3]
Barton was divorced from his first wife in 1992, remarried in 2002, and divorced from his second wife in 2015.[4][5] He has four children.
In November 2017, nude selfie pictures of Barton surfaced online, which he acknowledged were authentic, and which he apologized for to his constituents.[6] An anonymous Twitter user posted the photo of Barton.[7] Many people believe that Barton is a victim of "revenge porn" (the act of posting sexual-related media without the person's permission).[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Lindsay Bever, March 15, 2017, Washington Post, ‘You, sir, shut up!’: Republican congressman shouts down a constituent at tense town hall, Retrieved March 15, 2017, "...“You, sir, shut up.”... The crowd responded with a combination of apparent anger and applause, with one attendee screaming: “What is that? You don’t tell anybody to shut up! You work for us!”..."
- ↑ "Biography | U.S. Representative Joe Barton". joebarton.house.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
- ↑ "Meet the Vice Chairman - Energy and Commerce Committee". Energy and Commerce Committee. Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
- ↑ Maria Recio, Long-timer Joe Barton seeks to regain powerful chairmanship in Congress, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (May 21, 2016).
- ↑ Is Republican Congressman Joe Barton A Victim Of Revenge Porn?
- ↑ Texas congressman apologizes for nude online selfie ABC News
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Congressman Joe Barton Might Have Been the Victim of Revenge Porn, Slate.com, November 22, 2017
Other websites[change | change source]
- Congressman Joe Barton Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine official House site
- Joe Barton for Congress
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