Joe Barton: “Before I yield to Mr. Stockman, I want to apologize to the House for…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2013

Before I yield to Mr. Stockman, I want to apologize to the House for reading into the Record comments from citizens of the United States exercising their First Amendment rights. One of those citizens made a disparaging remark about the President of the United States, and we understand that Members, ourselves, cannot personalize these issues. Some of our citizens that are commenting don't understand the rules, but I do, and I want to apologize to the House because I do understand the rules. I now yield to Congressman Stockman.

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Republican · Texas

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Oct 5, 2013

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