Any government senator or congressional personnel get caught lying under Oath should lose their job without the ability to return to any public office. We should also have a 3-6 month waiting period for any benefits to kick in for them.
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I agree and their salaries should reflect the average salary not more so they are stimulated to do the best for the people.
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It is only common sense. Afterall, this is the VERY purpose of the OATH. If we could read their minds, we wouldnât need the oath, right? If a child promises to place nice, and does something that is not niceâŚthen the child doesnt get to play anymore, right?
Well congressmen âdonât need to play anymoreâ either, if they are naughty, after giving an oath to âplay niceâ. Its a givenâŚget them the heck out of there and remove all perks and benefits that they might enjoy after being kicked out of Congress. If they lie to WE THE PEOPLE, then WE THE PEOPLE give them nothing but the boot. Its fall-off-a-log easy to support this proposal! Thanks.
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They should be tried for treason when caught altering evidence in an impeachment trial!
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Agreed, any public official speaking to press or public should always be assumed theyâre under oath. If theyâre caught lying, theyâre barred from their job and any benefits/pension should be stripped away. They should also be paid the median of the people they serve.
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Along with loss of job and inability to hold another public office, they should loss all benefits associated with that position!
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So this is really light handed itâs almost like somebody doesnât want to get in trouble. Lying under oath should be minimum 3 year jail time losing the job is the least of it. But anytime they are talking to reporters if they tell a lie that should be political termination loss of the job. But itâs for lying under oath thatâs a criminal act and it should be treated as such.
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Pay all legislative staff, representatives, and senators the minimum annual social security annuitant payment.
Add travel and perform in accordance with and under joint travel regulations. Limit to initial trip to swear in, and minimize required face to face in person trips by mandating telework /vtc where possible.
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While I understand where youâre coming from let me share my thoughts on why this would only benefit those ârichâ black hats who already have too much control.
If you make the wages from such a position so low that they couldnât begin to afford life in the big cities theyâre located in then the only âplayersâ in the world who can reasonably take those jobs already have income from another source so they donât need anything from it except power, which in my opinion could become a problem as itâs locking out all normal people from helping their community.
I pretty much agree with the rest of what you said! 
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So how do you think other Americans who paid into social security their whole life can survive on it? So tying congressional wages to social security incentivizes them to fix the system they have robbed for decades and fix the annuity payments for a reasonable living wage.
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I am unsure if youâre replying directly to me or not. But, I think you just missed my point completely. I do understand where you are coming from with saying essentially (paraphrasing here);
âPay them the minimum somebody in our country would get so they see how the lowest class lives and works to improve that.â - But the problem then becomes the only people who can reasonably take that job already have enough money from another source therefore theyâre only taking that position for POWER and not to help.
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Amen
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Mandate prosecution under 18 U.S. Code § 1038 - False Information and Hoaxes
(a) Criminal Violation
(1) In General: Whoever engages in any conduct with intent to convey false or misleading information under circumstances where such information may reasonably be believed and indicates that an activity has taken, is taking, or will take place constituting a violation of chapters 2, 10, 11B, 39, 40, 44, 111, or 113B of this title, section 236 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2284), or section 46502, the second sentence of section 46504, section 46505(b)(3) or (c), section 46506 (if homicide or attempted homicide is involved), or section 60123(b) of title 49, shallâ
(A) be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;
(B) if serious bodily injury results, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and
(C) if death results, be fined under this title or imprisoned for any number of years up to life, or both.
(2) Armed Forces: Any person who makes a false statement, with intent to convey false or misleading information, about the death, injury, capture, or disappearance of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States during a war or armed conflict in which the United States is engagedâ
(A) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;
(B) if serious bodily injury results, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and
(C) if death results, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for any number of years or for life, or both.
(b) Civil Action
Whoever engages in any conduct with intent to convey false or misleading information under circumstances where such information may reasonably be believed and indicates that an activity has taken, is taking, or will take place constituting a violation of the aforementioned chapters or sections is liable in a civil action to any party incurring expenses incident to any emergency or investigative response to that conduct.
(c) Reimbursement
(1) In General: The court, in imposing a sentence on a defendant convicted of an offense under subsection (a), shall order the defendant to reimburse any state or local government, or private not-for-profit organization that provides fire or rescue service for expenses incurred in response to that conduct.
(2) Liability: A person ordered to make reimbursement under this subsection shall be jointly and severally liable for such expenses with any other person ordered to reimburse for the same expenses.
(3) Civil Judgment: An order of reimbursement under this subsection shall be treated as a civil judgment for enforcement purposes.
(d) Activities of Law Enforcement
This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or political subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States.
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