‘The Wizard of Oz’ Takes Over ObamaCare Hearing

WATCH: Congress Can’t Get Enough Sebelius Wizard of Oz Jokes (Mediaite)

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius was not in Kansas anymore when she testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Wednesday. No, the former governor of Kansas was in Washington, D.C., where members of both political parties spent an inordinate amount of time making jokes about and references to The Wizard of Oz.

Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) kicked off the trend, but soon Democrats Frank Pallone of New Jersey and Bruce Braley of Iowa were getting in on the act. By the time in was Kansas Republican Mike Pompeo’s turn to speak, most of the good comments about Yellow Brick Roads and mysterious men hiding behind curtains had been taken. A frustrated Pompeo noted that in his opinion, “I don’t think anybody not from Kansas should be able to do Oz allegories.”