Star Trek At 60: "Beam Me Up" from Members of Congress Not Named James Traficant

Extreme Mortman · Sep 3, 2026 · 25m

Here's an anniversary to celebrate: "Star Trek."

60 years since the iconic TV series began. The first episode: September 8, 1966.

And for many of those 60 years, in their floor speeches, members of Congress have quoted "Star Trek" ... Specifically, Captain Kirk's urgent request of Scottie: "Beam me up."

It was the President’s task force that said we must save Medicare. So, we did something radical. We said we would allow Medicare to grow at 7.2 percent. The President said, let us let it grow at 7.4 percent, and we were told we wanted to destroy the system. Well, I agree with Traficant. Mr…