House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Barton?
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) could be named to post as early as the week of Feb. 9, according to House staffers. The lead candidate to succeed Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), expected to step down as chair effective Feb. 16, Barton currently chairs the panel's Energy & Quality Subcommittee and serves on the Health & Telecommunications/Internet Subcommittees. As Commerce/Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee chair in the mid-to-late 1990s, Barton probed various health topics, including alleged improprieties in FDA's device regulatory program...