Joe Barton, the Republican Congressman representing Arlington and its environs, has never been shy about expressing his skepticism about global warming. As chairman of the House Energy and Commerce ...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who apologized to BP last summer during the Gulf oil spill and then backtracked under pressure from GOP leaders, has failed in his effort to be named the ...

Joe Barton, the Republican Texas congressman who found himself in hot water after a nude photo of him surfaced online, will not seek re-election, Barton’s office confirmed to CNN Thursday. In a ...

Look, Houston has enough troubles with this oil-spill thing: BP has its American office here, everyone automatically defaults to thinking of us as pollution-happy, regulation-ignoring money-grubbers, ...

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Ennis) won't seek re-election, according to a statement released by his office late Thursday morning. The news comes after a nude photo of the 68-year-old congressman was circulated ...