Congress can’t run side hustles when they don’t do their actual jobs too

It’s past time to confront an obvious truth: too many of you are failing at the most basic responsibilities of your office. You routinely vote on sprawling, consequential legislation that you haven’t fully read or understood, then disappear from the hard work of oversight and governance. That is not public service—it’s negligence. If you have time to write books, headline speaking tours, trade stocks with suspicious precision, or cultivate lucrative “side hustles,” then you have time to do your actual job. Read the bills. Understand the impacts. Engage with constituents beyond staged appearances. Strengthen your policy literacy. Show up. The American people are not paying you to build personal brands or portfolios. They are paying you to govern—competently, ethically, and with full attention. If you cannot or will not meet that standard, then step aside for someone who will. Do the work. All of it. This constituent is paying attention.