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On Friday, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, James Sensenbrenner, was unhappy with the testimony being presented so he decided to gavel the meeting to an end and walk out with several other Republicans in tow. The Democrats present had their microphones silenced and began to raise their voices. The Senate Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, is seeking an apology :
As House Democratic Leader, I expect all Members to be treated by the majority with dignity and respect. I will ask Speaker Hastert to order Mr. Sensenbrenner to apologize for his behavior to the witnesses at the hearing today, and to promise that this will never again happen.
First, Representative Sensenbrenner was way out of line. Grow up. Second, ordering an apology? What the hell is this? Representative Sensenbrenner is not sorry, and any apology out of him, ordered or not, is worthless. A promise that something like this won't happen again will mean nothing. I hate partisan politics.
What's funny is some people are calling the Deomcrats infantile. What, and turning the microphones off, calling the meeting over and storming out isn't? Pot, kettle, black.