Joe Barton: “To honor that goal, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon) and I have been attempting for the last year to institute…”

“To honor that goal, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon) and I have been attempting for the last year to institute random drug testing for Members of Congress and their staffs, and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon) and myself intend in the next month and a half to actually implement the rule that was established at the start of this Congress that there shall be such a random drug testing plan for Members of Congress and their staffs. Mr. Speaker, if we are going to have a drug-free America, the House of Representatives must set the positive example and must take such measures as necessary to ensure that the Congress itself is drug free, and in my opinion, random drug testing must be a part of that plan.”