Twitter Surpasses Continental Drift in Congressional Awareness

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By Melissa Lafsky
Apr 28, 2009 9:00 PMNov 5, 2019 8:50 AM

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U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)—the ranking member on the House Energy & Commerce Committee—has displayed more than a little trouble with the concept of Continental Drift. Imagine our surprise, then, to see that he is apparently an avid Twitterer:

Good thing no one's asking him to explain how exactly all those Tweets got from his computer to teh Internets.

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