Rep. Andrew Clyde (GA-9) issued the following statement in response to the magnetometers installed at the entrance to the House floor by Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

“As a sitting congressman, I have the right to enter the House floor unimpeded. This right is clearly written into the Constitution under Article 1, Section 6 because members of Congress are voting on behalf of their constituents. I cast my district’s vote, so it’s not about me.

Searching my person as a condition of entry into the House floor effectively impedes me from undertaking my legislative responsibility and blocks the right of more than 700,000 citizens to have their voices heard in their legislature. It is not only my vote that suffers from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s policy of intimidation, it is the vote of honest, hard-working, patriotic Georgians of the 9^th district.”

Click here to read more about Rep. Clyde’s thoughts on this issue.