Apology Or Not : This Congressman Is On The Wrong Side of The Consumers (Update)

The GOP is doing everything it can to cover this up, but the public should be outraged. I wonder what his PAC report says for contributors?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFx-hvoGN90&feature=player_embedded

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) not a friend of the consumer.

Edit: Looks like the apology was disingenuous.   As he tweeted a short time later:

And the party response:   He kept his seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.