The most famous party crashers (hint red sari and tux) who so gaily chatted with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at a swank White House state dinner in November (photos still proudly displayed on Facebook), clammed up when they attended a different event on Capitol Hill Wednesday. SALAHI/

In fact, Tareq and Michaele Salahi were decidedly not engaging in conversation with members of Congress at the  House Homeland Security Committee hearing and basically had only one line for them:

“On advice of counsel I respectfully assert my right to remain silent and decline to answer your question,” he said, and she repeated.

One lawmaker had enough of the one-liners. “Let me ask you a question, were you there?”

When Tareq Salahi started to repeat his refrain, Congressman William Pascrell interrupted with: “Are you here today Mr. Salahi? Are you here right now?”