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ased use of wind turbines might have unintended consequences for the environment and that the claim about the linkage between increased use of wind turbines and slowing down the winds was incorrect 79 in 2013 when discussing the keystone xl pipeline he referred to the genesis flood narrative in the bible to argue that current climate change isn t man made 80 barton rejects the scientific consensus on climate change that climate change is real and that human activity is the primary cause 80 81 82 83 84 barton has mocked human caused climate change according to the new york times 85 and is a long time denier of global warming according to time magazine 84 and a longtime skeptic of human involvement in climate change according to huffpost 80 in any event he suggested that humans will adapt to climate change because we can get shade 86 barton has made a reputation for his outspoken rejection of man made climate change and for his support for the oil industry according to suzanne goldenberg in the guardian 87 autism bills controversy edit barton tried to block the bipartisan combating autism act of 2006 he said that the money steered toward environmental causes of autism was not the reason he blocked passage of the bill 88 the controversy stemmed from the conflict between two bills in the house and senate barton introduced the national institutes of health reform act of 2006 89 while senator rick santorum introduced the autism bill santorum said in a cnn interview that the senate bill was intended to be fit into barton s bill in the house bill he stated that i was in constant conversation with him barton and many house members all last week in an attempt to help the nih bill come through the senate as well as try to move the combating autism bill through the senate santorum stated that the senate bill would investigate possible environmental causes while the house bill would prevent that 90 barton let the bill die in committee which upset many people who were vocal about saying barton had sacrificed the interests of autistic children in the interests of the oil and gas companies that donate heavily to his campaign 91 92 bp oil spill controversy edit in june 2010 barton accused the obama administration of a 20 billion shakedown of oil giant bp after the company reached an agreement with the administration to establish an escrow account to pay the claims of people harmed by the deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico 93 he made the accusation at the outset of a house hearing where bp s chief executive officer tony hayward appeared for the first time before congress facing hayward at the witness table barton said i apologize i do not want to live in a country where any time a citizen or a corporation does something that is legitimately wrong is subject to some sort of political pressure that is again in my words amounts to a shakedown so i apologize 94 prior to the establishment of the agreement the obama administration had been public in their criticism of bp for the oil spill 94 barton s remarks were criticized by white house spokesman robert gibbs and vice president joe biden 95 gop congressional leadership 96 as well as by barton s fellow republicans some of whom called on him to relinquish his leadership role in the house energy subcommittee 97 98 barton later said that his earlier remarks had been misconstrued and that he believed bp was responsible for the accident later that day he issued a statement apologizing for using the term shakedown and fully retracted his apology to bp 65 99 sodomy and abortion edit in 2010 barton backed a policy platform that called for re criminalizing sodomy in texas 100 he has 100 ratings from socially conservative groups such as the family research council and the christian coalition of america for his opposition to abortion and lgbtq rights 100 101 102 crew report edit the organization citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington crew put barton on its crew s most corrupt report 2011 103 104 the article stated that on barton s 2008 financial disclosure statement he inaccurately reported on the source of a natural gas interest that he bought into the share was purchased through a longtime donor and supporter who later died this was discovered by the dallas morning news in 2010 105 according to the dallas morning news article barton made over 100 000 on the investment the article and crew report both pointed out how barton buying this undervalued asset from an advisor on energy issues could be a conflict of interest to the congressman s position as the chair of the house s energy subcommittee it quoted james thurber a distinguished professor of government at american university as saying if you are elected as a public servant to try to do what is right for the public generally and then you use that position to help bring in material wealth i think it s unethical 105 crew also reported that barton paid his wife terri 57 759 in salary and bonuses from his campaign funds in the 2006 election cycle 106 a spokesman said that terri served as the campaign s outreach director and planned fund raising and special events 61 in addition barton s daughter kristin was paid 12 622 in salary and bonuses and his mother nell barton was paid 7 000 for a car 61 crude oil ban edit barton expressed in september 2014 his full support of the u s lifting the 40 year old ban on crude oil exports an issue that sparked controversy among members of the republican party several research reports had found that exporting the glut of shale oil would ultimately lower u s and global fuel prices rather than raise them u s public opinion was divided on the issue 107 online poker edit barton has sought to permit online poker and regulate it on a federal level 108 to that end he has introduced the online poker act of 2011 the internet poker freedom act of 2013 and the internet poker freedom act of 2015 109 108 health care edit barton favored repealing the affordable care act aca or obamacare 110 explaining why the american health care act the house republicans bill to repeal and replace for the affordable care act failed in march 2017 barton said sometimes you re playing fantasy football and sometimes you re in the real game we knew the president if we could get a repeal bill to his desk would almost certainly veto it this time we knew if it got to the president s desk it would be signed 111 112 hurricane harvey relief edit barton voted against hurricane harvey relief in 2017 83 barton said that he could not support an increase in the debt ceiling 83 immigration edit barton supported president donald trump s 2017 executive order 13769 banning entry to the united states by nationals of seven muslim majority nations 9 in november 2017 barton called on the house leadership to pass naturalization legislation for children who came across the border illegally with their parents 113 committee assignments edit committee on energy and commerce chair emeritus subcommittee on commerce manufacturing and trade subcommittee on communications and technology subcommittee on energy and power subcommittee on environment and economy subcommittee on health subcommittee on oversight and investigations 1993 u s senate election edit see also 1993 united states senate special election in texas in 1993 barton ran in the special election for the u s senate seat vacated by the resignation of lloyd bentsen who became united states secretary of the treasury in the clinton administration barton finished third in the contest behind state treasurer kay bailey hutchison and senator bob krueger thus missing a runoff slot he divided the more conservative vote in that election with house colleague jack fields of houston barton family foundation edit the barton family foundation was established in 2005 to support charities within the congressman s district his daughter in law amy barton is the foundation s executive director major energy corporations such as the chicago based nuclear energy producer exelon corporation make major gifts to the foundation in june 2008 at a time when barton had introduced legislation to assist corporations with the recycling of spent nuclear fuel the corporation donated 25 000 to the foundation exelon has also donated 80 000 to barton s campaign funds the foundation gave 90 000 to the local boys and girls club this is the only recorded donation made by the foundation in its seven year history 114 sex scandal edit in november 2017 nude selfie pictures of barton surfaced online which he acknowledged were authentic and which he apologized for to his constituents 14 15 he confirmed he himself took the photo apparently from a video of him masturbating and sent it to women with whom he was having consensual sexual relationships 115 116 an anonymous twitter user posted the photo of barton who had pointed his camera upward from below his genitals next to a text message reading i want you soo bad right now deep and hard 117 an anonymous woman said that she had received the selfie and other explicit images from barton but she did not post any of them on the internet she also shared with the washington post a 2015 recorded phone call in which barton warned her against using the explicit materials in a way that would negatively affect my career threatening to report her to the capitol police if she did so 118 on the taped phone call barton said i met you twice while married and had sex with you on two different occasions the woman said that they had slept together in 2012 in washington dc and in 2014 in texas and that the congressman had reimbursed her for her airfare in cash on both occasions 119 the woman also shared with the washington post text and social media messages barton exchanged with her as well as a 53 second cellphone video in which barton recorded himself masturbating 120 she described to the newspaper encounters and contact with barton spanning a five year period beginning in 2011 119 she said she came forward because it s not normal for a member of congress who runs on a gop platform of family values and conservatism to be scouring the internet looking for a new sexual liaison 121 a week later a second woman kelly canon a board member of the arlington republican club and a member of the republican women of arlington who is a constituent of barton s shared a series of messages some with sexual overtones that barton had sent to her 122 barton sent the messages in 2012 and 2013 while barton was married to his second wife 122 the messages included questions from barton about whether canon was wearing a tank top only and no panties followed by answer me miss evasive 122 barton also messaged her that men are men and u r definitely a sexy woman when canon responded that all the good ones are married barton replied i dont know about good but i am married but i am not thinking good thoughts at this moment blush 122 barton confirmed that he had the message exchange 122 a third woman cheryl small said on november 30 2017 that barton had sex with her multiple times in his ennis office while he was married 123 his second ex wife said of course i wasn t surprised i guess i was more surprised that some of these ladies finally came forward 124 she said she found it ironic that barton was one of president bill clinton s loudest critics during the monica lewinsky scandal 124 similarly columnist jim schutze of the dallas observer noted that barton practically built his political career on condemning the behavior of others and even on trying to make other people s private behavior against the law 125 while barton had no plans to resign immediately according to a spokeswoman 115 and initially had said that he would run for reelection in 2018 a number of state and local politicians indicated that they might challenge him in the 2018 election for his seat 126 42 barton hired a crisis communication firm and said he had suffered a potential crime 127 outlets including slate nbc and cnn opined that barton might be a victim of revenge porn which though not a federal crime is a class a misdemeanor in texas punishable by up to one year in county jail and up to a 4 000 fine 128 129 130 randy bellomy chairman of the ellis county republican party said his lifestyle is inconsistent with republican ideals and he has brought disgrace not only to ellis county and the 6th congressional district but also to the people of texas and this great nation 131 brian mayes a dallas political consultant said that the sexting is something you d expect from a young immature college kid not a grandfather 54 texas gop chairman james dickey said that the case is distinguishable from that of former congressman anthony weiner and his sexting scandal but that the two controversies share one consistent message that everyone should take to heart we should all think very hard before we post text or otherwise share anything 54 barton announced on november 30 2017 that he would not seek reelection 41 the fort worth star telegram ran an editorial in reaction entitled hey joe barton skipping the next election is not enough it s time to go 132 it opined that it was not appropriate for barton who can no longer be taken seriously to continue to represent the 6th congressional district for another year until january 2019 132 he left office at the end of his term on january 3 2019 personal life edit barton was divorced from his first wife jeanette janet sue winslow in 2003 he remarried in 2004 and divorced from his second wife terri in 2015 133 12 134 117 in 2017 he was again engaged 12 his wife terri said she filed for divorce after evidence that barton had engaged in multiple affairs and finding a very sexually explicit video of one of his mistresses he has four children and five grandchildren 20 in december 2005 barton suffered a heart attack and was taken to george washington university hospital 135 electoral history edit texas s 6th congressional district results 1984 2016 136 137 138 year republican votes democratic votes third party party votes third party party votes third party party votes 1984 joe barton 131 482 57 dan kubiak 100 799 43 1986 joe barton 86 190 56 pete geren 68 270 44 1988 joe barton 164 692 68 pat kendrick 78 786 32 1990 joe barton 125 049 66 john welch 62 344 33 1992 joe barton 189 140 72 john dietrich 73 933 28 1994 joe barton 152 038 76 terry jesmore 44 286 22 bill baird libertarian 4 688 2 1996 joe barton 152 024 76 no candidate skeet richardson independent 28 187 14 catherine anderson libertarian 14 456 7 doug williams u s t 6 547 3 1998 joe barton 112 957 73 ben boothe 40 112 26 richard bandlow libertarian 1 817 1 2000 joe barton 222 685 88 no candidate frank brady libertarian 30 056 12 2002 joe barton 115 396 70 felix alvarado 45 404 28 frank brady libertarian 1 992 1 b j armstrong green 1 245 1 2004 joe barton 168 767 66 morris meyer 83 609 33 stephen schrader libertarian 3 251 1 2006 joe barton 91 927 60 david harris 56 369 37 carl nul...
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