U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis/Arlington, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, made the following statement late Saturday night on the House floor on the Republican alternative to H.R. 3962, Speaker Pelosis health care bill: There is a choice. Democrats want bigger government, more mandates, more control, less freedom. Republicans want lower costs, more opportunity, more freedom, more choice. I vote for more freedom.