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September 27, 2010 House leader says Colbert testimony was 'not appropriate'Posted: 03:19 PM ET
"I think his testimony was not appropriate," Hoyer told FOX News Sunday host Chris Wallace. Colbert, the popular host of "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central, spoke in character before members of a House judiciary subcommittee Friday to bring attention to the conditions facing undocumented farm workers. Colbert often spoke sarcastically, prompting laughter in the hearing room and drawing Republicans' scorn. Colbert was invited to testify by the subcommittee chairwoman, California Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren. Hoyer said on FOX that the testimony "was an embarrassment for Colbert more than for the House." "What he had to say I think was not the way it should have been said," Hoyer said. "If he had a position on the issues he should have given those issues." Hoyer said this was his "personal opinion." His views differed from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who called Colbert's testimony "great." "He's an American. He comes before the committee. He has a point of view," Pelosi said Friday. "It can bring attention to an important issue like immigration. I think it's great." Filed under: Stephen Colbert June 8, 2009 Funnyman Stephen Colbert in Iraq – and he gets a haircut!Posted: 10:51 AM ET
Stephen Colbert left no doubt about his solidarity with American troops when he taped the first of four Comedy Central shows he'll produce in Iraq this week. Colbert, wearing a business suit made of the same camouflaged material used for soldiers' desert uniforms, submitted to a regulation military haircut as hundreds of U.S. troops cheered wildly Sunday. The comedian, who satirizes conservative TV pundits on his "Colbert Report," began his "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando" USO tour Sunday in the Baghdad headquarters of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq. "It must be nice in Iraq, because some of you keep coming back again and again," Colbert said, joking about the multiple tour many troops have had in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. Some troops had accumulated enough frequent flyer miles to earn them a free ticket to Afghanistan, he joked. Colbert told his guest, Gen. Ray Odierno, he felt "a little intimidated" by him, not because he was he top U.S. commander in Iraq, but because it felt like he was "interviewing Shrek." Odierno is an imposing bald figure at 6-feet, 5-inches tall. Filed under: International Iraq Stephen Colbert
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