Speaker Pelosi on twitter and Senator Reid on Barton's BP apology

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Via Daily Kos:

Speaker Pelosi on twitter:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reacts to the jaw-dropping apology made by Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) to BP CEO Tony Hayward:

It takes an appalling amount of chutzpah for Congressman Barton to apologize to the BP CEO this morning about Democrats’ efforts to hold BP accountable. Where is his apology for the families of the 11 men who lost their lives and the industries along the Gulf that have been devastated because of this disaster? Where is his sympathy for the ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico that will be damaged for generations because of BP’s negligence? And shouldn’t he be apologizing to the people of the Gulf Coast for decades of Republican policies that ignored oversight and accountability for the oil industry?

Republicans should get their priorities straight: are they going to keep protecting and apologizing for Big Oil or will they finally stand up for families and businesses whose lives have been upended by the BP oil spill?

Updated to add Reid's statement.