Is Nickelback the worst band in existence, or are they perfectly fine? Many Americans have probably had this conversation, particularly in recent years as Nickelback became a standard pop culture punching bag. But this week, the debate made its way onto the floor of the United States Congress.
The absurd moment came on Thursday, when Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Rep. Randy Davis (R.-Ill.) were debating a piece of criminal justice reform. The amendment offered by Pocan would count imprisoned people as residents of their pre-prison address, rather than the prison address, for census purposes. In trying to explain how unpopular the current status quo is, Pocan compared it to the unpopularity of Nickelback — and that’s when Davis came in.
“I would just like to add in 2016 when the census and the federal register asked for comment on this, 77,000 people did comment, only four wanted to keep this provision,” Pocan said. “Everyone else wanted to change this, out of 77,000. That’s probably about the percent of people who think Nickelback is their favorite band in this country. It’s pretty low. And I think if you look at— Nickelback’s your favorite band? I apologize to the gentleman.”
Davis protested, so Pocan yielded him some time to respond.
“Why would you criticize one of the greatest bands of the ’90s?” Davis asked.
“Wow. Alright,” Pocan said. “One more reason there’s a difference between Democrats and Republicans clearly found on the floor of Congress today.”
After getting that out of their system, the committee then agreed to the amendment by voice vote, according to ABC reporting.
Watch the clip above.
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