“I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.”

1819 News recently reported that State Rep. Margie Wilcox (R-Mobile), co-chair of the Legislature’s Sunset Committee, said that those who testify before her committee will be required to testify under oath, and that other legislative committees may adopt this practice as well.

“We feel like that in the past some people have made remarks that were not truthful. I personally feel like some people were given a script and told us things that they were told to tell us that they did not actually know for a fact themselves,” Wilcox said. “We’re going to start holding people accountable for untruthful comments or rhetoric or just flat-out fibs and lies.”

Who could possibly object to that?

Maybe I could.

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