Liberty Maven

In the first installment of this column we took a look at some of the frivolous bills being introduced into Congress on a single day. Twenty-one bills in all were introduced March 2nd.   Yesterday, twenty-seven more bills were introduced. Take a look at the list below.  Do these bills stand up to the Constitutional litmus test?  Of course not.  Should you be forced, at gunpoint, to pay for all of these?

• HR204 – Congratulating the American Dental Association for its 150th year of working to improve the public’s oral health and promoting dentistry, supporting initiatives to improve access to oral health care services for all Americans, and emphasizing the benefits of prevention of disease through support of community prevention initiatives and promotion of good oral hygiene.
• HR203 -Expressing support for designation of a “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day”.
• HR1290 – To allow for permanent residence of Kumi Iizuka-Barcena, a 42-year-old Japanese woman with breast cancer, and whose husband was killed in 2004.
• S-519 – A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to implement pesticide-related obligations of the United States under international conventions.
• S-518 – A bill to establish the Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.
• S-517 – A bill for the immigratory relief of Alejandro Gomez and Juan Sebastian Gomez.
• S-516 – A bill for the immigratory relief of Majan Jean.
• S-514 – A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.

Have you contacted your representatives lately?  They are your public servants.  You pay them.  They work for you.  Tell them how you feel.