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SALEM, Ore., May 23 (UPI) -- State lawmakers and their staff members should not be drunk while on the job, the Public Commission on the Oregon Legislature has recommended.
The citizens' group adopted the recommendation Monday based on a proposal from officials of Crime Victims United, who said they noticed at least one lawmaker with alcohol-scented breath during meetings on tougher drunken driving laws during the 2005 session, the Salem (Ore.) Statesman Journal reported.
The commission said it's up to Oregon House and Senate leaders to draft rules barring lawmakers from drinking alcohol while on the job.
"We were uncomfortable acting as a nanny," commission member Kerry Tymchuk told the Statesman Journal.
Tymchuk also is the state director for U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore.
"It makes a bad impression," said commission member Hasso Hering, editor of the Albany (Ore.) Democrat-Herald. "The leadership must act to remind members that this conduct is unacceptable."
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