Joe Barton actually said...

"Well, we will investigate those rumors, Chairman Waxman, get to the bottom of it."

"So that would appear to me to factually prove that he violated the law."

"How can you put the burden on a commissioner if the chairman has the information and the chairman doesn't fully inform the other commissioners?"

"I don't know where these rumors come from that Members have tempers. That must be on the minority side."