Thomas M. Barrett: “Mr. Speaker, this misses the entire point. It is not the Republicans that deserve an apology, it is the American people…”

“Mr. Speaker, this misses the entire point. It is not the Republicans that deserve an apology, it is the American people; because the American people are the ones that have paid the million-dollar bill for this circus. The American people want one thing from this committee: They want fairness. And time and time again, the chairman of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and his staff have shown that the last thing they are interested in in this committee is fairness. The apology was given to the Republicans because it has messed up the entire attack plan. How can they attack the President if they have no credibility? But the fact of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, this committee has no credibility, because from day one there has never been an attempt to find the truth; it has been nothing more than an attempt to smear the President.”