John Boehner

U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Somerville) responded Wednesday to a conservative uproar criticizing his recommendations regarding changing the rules of where members of Congress can post videos on the Internet, calling the criticisms "laughably inaccurate assertion" and "temper tantrums."U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Somerville)

On Tuesday, Capuano, the chairman of the Congressional Commission on Mailing Standards, sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.), the chairman of the Committee on House Administration, containing recommendations to regulate where members may post videos on the Internet, because members have had difficulty hosting videos on the House.gov domain. Such regulations, he wrote, are necessary to prevent members' videos from commercialization.

Republicans on the Internet and in Congress quickly and forcefully reacted to the letter, saying Capuano's recommendations would restrict the flow of information between constituents and their representatives in Congress.