Proposed Law Would Require Cognitive Exams for Older Members of Congress

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00:00Proposed law would require cognitive exams for older members of Congress.

00:05There's no denying the statistics. The leaders of the United States are getting older.

00:11With Congress aging, discomfort persists over cognitive decline impacting decision-making.

00:20While cognitive decline often occurs with age, the proposed test aimed at a neutral standard for serious concerns.

00:28Supporters see trust rebuilding, but critics fear misuse and privacy infringement.

00:34Votes should decide leaders.

00:37Additionally, it would be quite hard for Congress to legally require tests.

00:42Basic requirements are constitutionally set, and new qualifications need a tough-to-achieve amendment.

00:52Cognitive requirements for elected officials are uncommon.

00:55Singapore requires sound mind for office holders, and assesses concerns via a medical panel.

01:02Communist Party leaders face vague vetting.

01:06Vatican office holders must maintain mental soundness.

01:09Even if tests are mandated, choosing an appropriate one is difficult since MMSE and MOCA aren't politically suitable.

01:22However, setting the bar too high risks misdiagnosis.

01:26Voters prefer transparency about candidates' health.

01:30Testing when credible decline signs appear is another option.

01:33Democracies depend on voters, complicating mandatory cognitive tests.

01:42Transparency about officials' health and fair processes can boost trust, requiring possible amendments.

01:50Trying to hide decline becomes difficult, as symptoms show.

01:53In the Biden-Trump debate, Biden looked frail, affecting perceptions.

01:58At 81, he stepped down soon after, leaving voters disillusioned and shaken with the sudden change.

02:04According to the Biden-Trump debate, Biden chose to plan to enhance their lives.

02:05He managed to prevent the day from the PC and the way he was faced with all of them.

02:06He managed to violate certain conditions, but by becoming more karena he was a youtubers.

02:07However, Putin had said, he had said, he had an awful lot of läuft.

02:08But he had an awful lot of airflow to the future.

02:09He had to pay for a certain extent.

02:10He was troubled by himself.

02:11He was troubled by himself if he had a Formula One Demand.

02:13It didn't touch his teeth, but not out of an answer to the end.

02:14The idea of his life was sick to him.

02:15As a result.

02:17The plan of the day was a mess or something else.