The 113th Congress

Wow! The “I do solemnly swear” routine this time around for the 113^th Congress went a bit differently, maybe there is hope that the returning cast of misfits have learned from their 112^th mistakes and maybe we will get our money's worth this go around – instead of the “K Street” lobbyists hoarding it all away. See, the “swearing in oath” was changed this year, as the previous oath didn't make sense – especially all that Latin jargon. It was not understood by the Congress, therefore they were all jumping that “cliff” of confusion trying to figure out how to behave. So for those that didn't have time to watch the “swearing in ceremony”, here it is the “NEW” Congressional Code of Conduct!

113^th United States Congress ~ Code of Conduct

• Share everything.
• Play fair.
• Don't hit people.
• Put things back where you found them.
• Clean up your own mess.
• Don't take things that aren't yours.
• Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
• Wash your hands before you eat.
• Flush.
• Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
• Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
• Take a nap every afternoon.
• When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
• Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
• Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
• And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.
  

Thanks to Robert Fulghum for officiating this “NEW” Code of Conduct.

And “New” to the “House” for those that find dereliction their “sworn” duty, well during the recess came some interior design modifications that should help Congress stay on course: