Letter: Congress needs quizzing on bills

I just finished a telephone call to Rep. Wally Herger’s office staff. I have requested they put the wheels in motion to push through a “No Congressman Left Behind Act.” The act would detail the requirements and protocols for “pop-quiz” Friday. Every congressional “leader” would be required to pass a “pop quiz” each Friday before being allowed to vote on any of the bills being voted on the following week.

We expect high school students to meet minimal requirements to graduate or receive a G.E.D. We now are requiring K-12 teachers to maintain certain standards of excellence as well as their students. But we allow the “leadership” of the most powerful nation on earth to pass legislation affecting hundreds of millions of people and hundreds of millions of dollars without reading or understanding the important data contained in the bills.

It is time for a “No Congressman Left Behind Act.” Or vote out the folks without reading, writing and arithmetic skills required to compose, read, understand, analyze and vote for or against the proposed legislation. What has happened to the “three “R’s” in our federal government?

Matthew Weyuker
Gridley