statement the tea party patriot tactics were inappropriate. the posting of our private cell phone number and e-mail addresses with the trashing of the claremont foundation s reputation were not professional action and disruptive to the individual effort to have effective transition to our elective offices. another freshman representative bill johnson of ohio said the controversy hasn t even registered with him. listen. to be honest with you, i didn t pay a lot of attention to the controversy. we ve got overlapping events. we ve got a lot of demands on our times. i m going to to to be in as much of everything as i can. reporter: so like i said, everybody wants a piece of these guys and we have to see where they show up as the day goes on. jamie: malini wilkes, man your post! bring us all the details throughout day. thank you. eric: well, the new congressional class definitely has its work cut out for it. the approval rating in congress according to the new gallup poll 17%.