Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced a resolution on Thursday that would force every member of Congress to be drug tested once a term.
“Elected officials in Washington D.C. should be subject to the same kind of random drug screenings that blue-collar, working-class Americans have to endure,” Higgins said in a statement. “Congress shouldn’t get to live by a different set of rules. This effort is about maintaining accountability and ensuring sober service to We, the People.”
According to a Roll Call report, Higgins has cracked jokes about the idea. “I have observed some behavior that would cause one to wonder,” he said.
But despite the moment of levity and some observers calling the resolution a stunt, the former captain in the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office is dead serious, proposing that any member of congress who fails be reported to the Committee on Ethics.
Should be every 30 days or whenever they get their check.
Good news, Dana, “works for Vladimir Putin” isn’t technically a drug.
Now if only they would impose a work requirement in order for them to receive their paychecks, we might see some actual work getting done.
I’m not against this. Don’t get me wrong, I think drug testing is a huge invasion of privacy (and waste of money) that exists almost entirely hang over the heads of working class people and keep them in line. However, forcing congress to go through the same hassle would be sweet. The fact that a significant number of members would fail would also be pretty sweet. It might just move Congress to outlaw random drug testing.
Won’t happen. Nice to think about.
I think it would be really cool if all the Democrats in Congress agreed, but only on the condition that Clay Higgins submit to DNA testing to determine if he or his parents were the product of either incest, or illegal carnal knowledge of farm animals.