"I’m not speaking for anybody in the House of Representatives but myself, but I’m ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday. I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown. In this case a $20-billion shakedown…I apologize. I do not wanna live in a country where any time a citizen or corporation does something legitimately wrong is subject to some sort of political pressure that is again, in my words, amounts to a shakedown, so I apologize."

Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward during his opening statement at the House hearing on the oil spill this morning. You stay classy GOP! (via cajunboy) (via soupsoup)

Fun Quiz! Guess which member of the House has received more donations from the oil and gas industry than any other!

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