-
Mitt Romney: Rick Scott's Drug Testing Law Is 'An Excellent Idea'
A bill for drug testing welfare recipients has recently been on the table in Georgia, and at a campaign stop in Atlanta Mitt Romney told the NBC affiliate 11Alive that it's an "excellent idea."
"States will deal with drug testing with welfare recipients, but my own view it's a great idea," he said. "People who are receiving welfare benefits, government benefits, we should make sure they are not using the money for drugs. I think it's an excellent idea."
Florida's controversial law requiring people receiving welfare to take drug tests has made Gov. Rick Scott a target for criticism and ridicule, most memorably when a "Daily Show" correspondent asked him to pee in a cup.
Read More...
More on Video
PROGRESSIVE WIRE
