US Rep. Scott's Town Hall Meeting Confrontation

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-13th) was involved in what many called an embarrassing display of losing his temper at a town hall meeting in Douglasville last weekend.

In the meeting, Scott lost his temper and began yelling at a crowd that included two people who came forward during the question-and-answer portion of the meeting to ask Scott about his stance on the health care plan proposed by the White House and being debated on Capitol Hill.

The city of Douglasville taped the event and you can see Scott become increasingly agitated after a question about health care.

At one point he chastized some in the crowd for "hijacking" the meeting.

11Alive News has found the Douglas County doctor who posed one of the questions. Dr. Brian E. Hill, a urologist, said he simply wanted to know Congressman Scott's stance on government-provided insurance.

"I did not go to a meeting to create any problem. I simply have real questions about the quality of health care my patients are going to get not just now, but down the line," Hill said.

Members of Congress and Senators have been confronted in town hall meetings nationwide by constuents who are expressing anger about the upcoming vote on the proposed health care legislation.

Some say political groups are now recruiting individuals to purposely disrupt such meetings and gatherings. Dr. Hill said he's hardly a political plant.

"We depend on our congressmen and congresswomen to really do what's right for us and represent our views. I just don't see that happening. We have a right to ask tough questions directly to them and have them answer them. That's how politics is supposed to work. They should answer to their constituents," said Hill.

The meeting was originally set up to talk about the relocation project of Hwy. 92 in Douglasville, but toward the end of the four-hour session the crowd was told they could ask questions about other things.

Dr. Hill was the second person in the meeting to address the Congressman with a question about health care.