Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 2:52:52 GMT -6
By his own account, Sen. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, was the first state lawmaker in the United States to introduce legislation that would mandate drug testing for welfare recipients.
Blair set up a website to push his bill in 2009. His proposal sparked national news attention. Democrats slammed the bill as the “most ridiculous” of that year’s legislative session.
“I was called everything … a racist, which is nonsense,” Blair recalled Tuesday during a speech on the West Virginia Senate floor.
Minutes later, senators voted 32-2 to approve legislation (SB 6) that would require drug testing for about 2,000 adults who receive welfare benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160209/wv-senate-oks-bill-to-drug-test-welfare-recipients
Blair set up a website to push his bill in 2009. His proposal sparked national news attention. Democrats slammed the bill as the “most ridiculous” of that year’s legislative session.
“I was called everything … a racist, which is nonsense,” Blair recalled Tuesday during a speech on the West Virginia Senate floor.
Minutes later, senators voted 32-2 to approve legislation (SB 6) that would require drug testing for about 2,000 adults who receive welfare benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160209/wv-senate-oks-bill-to-drug-test-welfare-recipients