Republican Rep. Ross Paustian was caught reading Sex After Sixty during an Iowa House meeting . There 's no debate about it . Republican Rep. Ross Paustian , 59 , was caught in the act of reading the book 'Sex After Sixty ' during the Iowa House 's debate over collective bargaining rights for teachers after a photo of him surfaced online . Paustian said the book by Dr.Alan Francis did n't belong to him but was a gag gift passed over to him by fellow Republican Rep. Robert Bacon who recently turned 60 and who sits next to him on the House floor . Paustian was barraged with critical emails after the Des Moines Register reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel posted the photo onto Twitter on Wednesday . ' I ’ m getting a lot of pretty vicious emails from people , so I have to explain , ' Paustian said . 'The main thing is I was totally engaged in what was going on the floor . … I knew what was going on . I knew how we were going to vote on amendments . So it wasn ’ t like I wasn ’ t paying attention to what was going on . ' 'If any of my constituents were offended , I apologize . I certainly wasn ’ t trying to offend anybody . I ’ m doing my job here for my constituents . ' KCRG reports that Democrats tried to use the photo to say that the Republicans were not paying attention to the nine hours of debate over the bill . 'It ’ s unfortunate , ' Paustian said . 'That stuff always gets political , too . But that ’ s just part of the job . ' Working hard ? : Republican Rep. Ross Paustian , 59 , was caught in the act of reading the book 'Sex After Sixty ' during the Iowa House 's debate over collective bargaining rights for teachers on Wednesday . Gag gift : Paustian said the book by Dr.Alan Francis did n't belong to him but was a gag gift passed over to him by fellow Republican Rep. Robert Bacon who recently turned 60 and who sits next to him on the House floor .
Rep. Ross Robert Bacon , 59 , was photographed reading 'Sex After Sixty ' during the Iowa House 's debate over collective bargaining rights for teachers . Robert Bacon was barraged with critical emails after the Des Moines register reporter Brainne Pfannenstiel posted the photo onto Twitter . Robert Bacon said the book did n't belong to him but was a gag gift passed over to him by fellow Republican Rep. Paustian who recently turned 60 .