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To: Elmer Phud who wrote (572168)	6/17/2010 2:16:17 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578531

GOP lawmaker demands Barton step down from top committee spot By Michael O'Brien - 06/17/10 01:46 PM ET A Republican lawmaker from a district affected by the oil spill called on Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) to step down as the ranking member of his committee. Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), whose Pensacola district is among the most-impacted areas in the Gulf by the oil spill, condemned Barton for apologizing to BP CEO Tony Hayward during a committee meeting on Thursday. "I condemn Mr. Barton’s statement. Mr. Barton’s remarks are out of touch with this tragedy and I feel his comments call into question his judgment and ability to serve in a leadership on the Energy and Commerce Committee," MIller said in a statement. "He should step down as ranking member of the Committee.” Barton apologized to Hayward during opening remarks at a hearing this morning, telling Hayward that he was "ashamed" by President Barack Obama's effort to force BP to create a $20 billion fund in escrow to pay out damages to victims of the oil spill. “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 dollar shakedown,” Barton said. read more........... thehill.com

To: Elmer Phud who wrote (572168)	6/17/2010 2:20:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578531

If you don't know how insulting that comment is to both the president and the people of this country, I am not about to try to explain to you. Silly, insulting? Ok. But that wasn't what you claimed. You claimed the Rs didn't want BP to pay. You were wrong about that. The comments from Barton and other GOP members of the House comments characterized the president's financial arrangement with BP as a "shakedown". Many people are intepretating those comments as suggesting that BP was dealt unfairly and shouldn't have to pay. If that's not what your R reps were suggesting, then they need to clear up the misunderstanding........ASAP! Is that clear enough to you?