Trey Radel, Busted On Cocaine Charge, Voted For Drug Testing Food Stamp Recipients

[L. Coyote]

Trey Radel, Busted On Cocaine Charge, Voted For Drug Testing Food Stamp Recipients

In September, Rep. Trey Radel voted for Republican legislation that would allow states to make food stamp recipients pee in cups to prove they're not on drugs. In October, police busted the Florida Republican on a charge of cocaine possession.

“It’s really interesting it came on the heels of Republicans voting on everyone who had access to food stamps get drug tested," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told BuzzFeed Tuesday. "It’s like, what?”

The House over the summer approved an amendment by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) that would let states drug test people on food stamps. The amendment passed by voice vote, ......

[hobbit709]

1. Make him pee in a cup before he draws his $175K salary.

Flunk the test-no paycheck.

[L. Coyote]

2. Good idea.

Imagine how much money we could save if we drug tested everyone in Congress.

[hobbit709]

3. Imagine what would happen if Congress couldn't exempt itself from the laws we have to follow.

If they had to abide by the same rules and regulations everyone else has to.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. I don't know for sure how many employers

require drug tests for new hires, but I think it's probably a majority of them. Our government allows this shit to go on, but drug tests aren't given to any of the people who make some of the country's most important decisions. If they can require cashiers to have drug tests, how much more important is it for them to be drug-tested? I think we're all sick to death of the hypocrisy.

[PowerToThePeople]

5. All men are created equal

Some, just more equal than others.